class cruiser class light cruisers group ships commissioned germany shortly end world war class comprised named light cruisers lost earlier war ships improvement preceding class cruisers armed main battery guns designed speed knots mph saw action second battle bight hit shell battlecruiser ships participate climactic fleet operation attack final days war revolts fleet forced cancellation plan interned scapa_flow end war scuttled june successfully sunk ships beached british sailors ceded allies transferred french_navy war prize commissioned served french_navy 1930s broken scrap design design prepared design improvement previous class larger hull greater displacement armament speed armor protection thirteen german light cruisers lost course world war commissioned ships class took names lost cruisers ordered laid shipyard bremen launched december commissioned months later august ordered followed sister launched february commissioned fleet december ordered laid kiel launching ceremonies took place january fitting work completed commissioned november ship class laid shipyard kiel launched april commissioned february general characteristics machinery ships class meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft ships designed displacement metric tons long tons short tons combat load displaced long tons short tons hulls built longitudinal steel frames hulls divided eighteen watertight compartments incorporated double extended percent length keel ships complement officers enlisted men carried smaller vessels including picket boat barge cutter german_navy regarded ships good sea boats having gentle motion ships highly tight turning radius lost speed going turn hard turns lost percent speed ships stern heavy propulsion systems consisted steam turbines outfitted sets high pressure geared turbines turbines ships powered coal fired boilers oil fired double ended boilers turbines drove pair bladed screws diameter engines rated shaft horsepower speed knots mph trials reached shp speed knots mph shp knots mph reached shp trials figures recorded trials conducted shallow water war deep water ships exceeded knots mph coal storage long tons short tons designed long tons short tons carried fuel oil initially long tons short tons similarly increased long tons short tons cruising speed knots mph ships steam approximately nautical miles higher speed knots mph range fell considerably nmi electrical power provided turbo generators diesel generator total output kilowatts volts steering controlled single large rudder armament armor ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships arranged super firing pair aft guns fired kilogram shell muzzle velocity meters second guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun ships carried anti aircraft guns mounted centerline astern funnels guns fired shells muzzle velocity equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes deck mounted swivel launchers submerged ships hulls ships outfitted carry mines class ships protected armored belt composed krupp cemented steel thick amidships forward stern protected armor armored deck thick stern thick amidships thick forward sloped armor thick connected deck belt armor conning tower thick sides thick roof main battery guns protected thick gun shields thick deck thick armor protected hold service history november saw action second battle bight cruisers dreadnought battleships kaiser escorted clearing paths minefields laid british engagement battlecruiser scored hit minimal damage started fire british broke attack german battleships arrived scene germans withdrew ships participated amphibious operation islands served flagship leader ships assigned october ships rest lead final attack british navy dresden attack merchant shipping thames estuary bombard targets flanders draw commander chief fleet intended inflict damage possible british navy order secure better position germany cost fleet morning october order given sail wilhelmshaven following day starting night october sailors battleships unrest ultimately forced hipper cancel operation informed situation kaiser stated longer navy following armistice ended fighting took rear admiral hugo scapa_flow negotiate admiral commander grand_fleet place german fleet accepted arrangement high_seas_fleet meet combined allied fleet north_sea proceed transferring scapa_flow interned high_seas_fleet ships including interned british naval base scapa_flow command rear admiral instead remained germany crew friedrich der fleet flagship forced transfer ship captain run ship fleet remained captivity negotiations ultimately produced versailles treaty believed british intended seize german ships june deadline germany signed peace treaty unaware deadline extended 23rd ordered ships sunk opportunity morning june british fleet left scapa_flow conduct training maneuvers transmitted order ships sank rights ship sold raised scrapping boarded british sailors beached completely sunk refloated ceded france test ship explosives broken beached british sailors eventually sunk gunnery target stricken naval register july ceded france renamed served french_navy ultimately broken scrap
Königsberg-class cruiser (1915)