Pillau-Class
REVOLUTIONARY 15cm Gun Introduction - 2 ships built for Russia, seized by Germany (Aug 1914): Pillau, Elbing. Game-changer: First German light cruisers with 15cm (5.9-inch) SK L/45 guns, +30% firepower vs. 10.5cm. 15cm became German naval standard through WWII. 4,390 tons, 8× 15cm guns, 29.4 knots (fastest trial). First gun shields (50mm). SMS Elbing: Sunk at Battle of Jutland (1 Jun 1916, 4 killed, 438 survivors). SMS Pillau: Transferred to Italy 1920 (war prize), served as Bari (1920-1943), scrapped 1943.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 4390 t
- Displacement (full)
- 5252 t
- Length
- 443.9 ft
- Beam
- 44.6 ft
- Crew
- 442
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1914
- Decommissioned
- 1920-1945
Performance
- Top speed
- 27.5 kn
- Range
- 4300 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK L/45
- Secondary guns
- 2× 8.8cm SK L/45 AA
- Torpedoes
- 4× 50cm
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 60mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 20-80mm
- Fire control
- Optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 43.82
- Research cost
- 8,676
- Credit cost
- 30,674
Notable
- REVOLUTIONARY: First German light cruisers with 15cm (5.9-inch) guns
- 15cm guns became German standard through WWII (+30% firepower vs. 10.5cm)
- First German cruisers with gun shields (50mm)
- Originally built for Russian Navy (Admiral Nevelskoy, Admiral Makarov)
- Seized by Germany Aug 1914, commissioned as SMS Pillau and SMS Elbing
- SMS Elbing: Sunk at Battle of Jutland (1 Jun 1916, 4 killed)
- SMS Pillau: Transferred Italy 1920, served as Bari until 1943