Wiesbaden-Class
Fast 15cm Light Cruiser Design - 2 ships built (1915): Wiesbaden, Frankfurt. Balanced design: 8× 15cm guns, 28.8 knots (faster than Graudenz's 12× guns/28.2 knots). 5,180 tons. SMS Wiesbaden: Most famous German cruiser loss at Battle of Jutland (31 May-1 Jun 1916), caught between British and German battle lines, sunk after concentrated fire from multiple British ships, entire crew killed (589 killed, 0 survivors). SMS Frankfurt: Survived WWI, US war prize 1920, target ship, sunk in bombing tests 1921.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 5180 t
- Displacement (full)
- 6601 t
- Length
- 476.7 ft
- Beam
- 45.6 ft
- Crew
- 474
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1915
- Decommissioned
- 1916-1921 (sunk/scrapped)
Performance
- Top speed
- 27.5 kn
- Range
- 4800 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
- 45.19
- Research cost
- 8,948
- Credit cost
- 31,633
Notable
- Fast 15cm cruiser design (28.8 knots trial)
- Balanced armament: 8× 15cm guns (speed over firepower)
- Increased SHP: 31,000 vs. 26,000 (Graudenz)
- SMS Wiesbaden: Sunk at Battle of Jutland (1 Jun 1916, entire crew killed)
- Most famous German cruiser loss at Jutland (caught between battle lines)
- SMS Frankfurt: Survived WWI, US war prize 1920