class cruiser class group light cruisers built imperial_german_navy turn 20th century modern light cruiser design set basic pattern future light cruisers imperial service design class attempted merge fleet scout colonial cruiser armed main battery guns pair torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph ships served fleet commissioned served foreign stations decade outbreak world war coastal defense ships early war sunk battle bight august torpedoed baltic british submarine november sunk battle jutland rest survived war service exception broken sold yugoslavia renamed rest cruisers withdrawn service end 1920s secondary duties broken scrap converted anti aircraft ships scuttled end world war captured twice war italians renamed germans restored original ran aground december subsequently destroyed member survive war intact barracks ship remained service broken scrap design class modern light cruiser design design class followed intermediate types including class unprotected cruisers unique vessels intended fulfill requirements fleet scout overseas cruiser design somewhat smaller contemporary light cruisers ships armed period characteristics evenly balanced requirements roles envisioned class according historian light cruisers class established trend future ships general design carried little armor chief asset speed future light cruisers built generally followed pattern fundamental changes general characteristics ships class long waterline meters long overall seven ships beam slightly wider draft forward aft designed displace metric tons long tons normal loading combat load displacement rose long tons short tons ships hulls constructed transverse longitudinal steel frames outer hull wall consisted wooden covered layer metal prevent metal extended meter waterline hull divided watertight compartments double extended percent length keel ships double lengthened percent hull ships rolled severely wet head sea tended suffer lee helm ships turned tightly hard turn speed fell percent transverse metacentric height class required crew officers enlisted men ships number enlisted men rose carried number boats including picket boat machinery propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines manufactured built ships engines designed indicated horsepower speed knots mph rest ships engines rated ihp knots mph engines powered coal fired water tube boilers manufacture divided boiler rooms ships carried tonnes long tons coal gave range nautical miles knots mph vessels carried slightly long tons allowed cruise approximately range nmi higher speed knots mph ships carried long tons coal substantially increased cruising radius nmi knots ships equipped electricity generators provided total kilowatts volts armament armor ships armed guns single mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships placed aft guns engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun ships increased rounds gun equipped torpedo tubes tubes torpedoes submerged hull bow mounted deck launchers broadside rest class tubes torpedoes submerged ships hulls broadside ships protected armored deck thick thick sloping armor armor consisted layers steel single layer krupp steel class cruisers equipped increase conning tower thick sides thick roof guns protected thick shields construction ships class built german including private firms government shipyards service history class cruisers served capacities commissioning served fleet reconnaissance force served foreign stations served abroad training ship naval cadets addition fleet scout role served gunnery training ship age placed reserve outbreak world war august mobilized active service initially coastal defense vessels baltic remained service fleet saw action battle bight august engaged badly damaged british cruiser sunk battlecruisers fleet reconnaissance forces torpedoed sunk ferocious night battle loss entire crew baltic torpedoed sunk british submarine november seven surviving ships withdrawn line service disarmed exception retained guns rearmed boat guns use gunnery training ship remaining seven cruisers survived war went serve new broken scrap ships remained service 1920s withdrawn early 1930s sold yugoslavia renamed scrapped early 1930s barracks rest 1930s outbreak world war converted floating anti aircraft batteries defended german ports end war scuttled crews remained service barracks ship end war captured italians invasion yugoslavia april renamed pressed service captured germans italian surrender september returned original ship ran aground adriatic december destroyed pair broken scrap late 1940s barracks ship sold scrapping
Gazelle-class cruiser