german cruiser light cruiser built early 1920s ship class large warship built germany end world war built wilhelmshaven keel laid december completed hull launched january commissioned german fleet october design heavily informed restrictions treaty versailles allied commission armed main battery surplus guns left world war mounted single gun turrets mandated allied powers speed knots mph spent majority career training ship inter war period conducted world cruises train naval cadets outbreak war laid minefields german coast damaged british bomber crashed participated invasion norway april resumed training duties baltic_sea lasted minor september deployed norway serve flagship forces january carried remains prevent remains falling hands advancing undergoing repairs kiel badly damaged british bombers later run aground outside harbor blown wreck ultimately broken design according article treaty versailles treaty ended world war german_navy permitted light cruisers article limited new cruiser designs long tons prohibited new construction vessel replaced years old design work new light cruiser ordered began ship intended long range overseas service designers placed emphasis large cruising radius crew accommodation spaces designers wanted use main battery centimeter guns dual mounts allied powers insisted single gun turrets arrangement placed guns amidships reduced power broadside guns fire opposed ship based cruiser designs late world war primarily personnel shortages design staff closure navy experimental institute ship incorporated major advances earlier designs including large scale use construction significantly efficient propulsion system gave cruising radius percent larger older ships laid wilhelmshaven december launched january commissioned fleet months later october general characteristics meters long waterline long overall beam designed draft standard load draft combat load draft increased designed displacement long tons long tons standard long tons combat hull constructed longitudinal steel frames incorporated seventeen watertight compartments double extended percent length keel waterline armored belt thick armored deck thick conning tower thick sides ship standard crew nineteen officers enlisted men serving cadet training cruises crew numbered officers enlisted cadets standard crew increased officers enlisted reduced training ship crew numbered thirty officers enlisted men carried boats german_navy regarded ship good sea boat slight lee helm gentle motion swell cruiser slow going turn steering controlled single large rudder lost speed slightly head sea lost percent hard turns metacentric height machinery powered sets geared steam turbines drove pair bladed screws diameter steam provided coal fired marine type boilers oil fired marine boilers divided boiler rooms engines rated shaft horsepower speed knots mph speed trials engines reached shp maximum knots mph ship designed carry metric tons long tons coal additional space accommodate metric tons long tons oil capacity metric tons long tons designed metric tons long tons additional fuel gave ship cruising radius nautical miles knots mph knots mph range fell nmi electrical power supplied systems generators total combined output kilowatts volts armament ship main battery guns twin turrets allied authority refused permit armament instead equipped existing stocks guns single turrets guns models fired shell muzzle velocity meters second elevate degrees maximum range guns supplied total rounds ammunition equipped anti aircraft guns later added guns rounds ammunition total designed carried deck mounted torpedo tubes dual launchers tubes fitted built replaced powerful tubes ship carried torpedoes ship anti aircraft battery strengthened received later guns eighteen guns capacity carry mines added torpedo launchers removed rearmed new model gun gun model designed use destroyers fired slightly smaller shell higher muzzle velocity gun elevate degrees maximum range ship anti aircraft battery consisted guns guns service history commissioning training ship naval cadets series world cruises flag pre war period trained large numbers cadets series modifications ship including increasing height second funnel installation flying bridge base battle mast shortened commanded ship september october april coal fired boilers replaced efficient oil fired boilers year series modifications including reducing main mast funnels height installation small crane starboard main mast september future commander kriegsmarine took command ship remained position september went dock modifications ship masts reworked anti aircraft gun added commanded july june outbreak world war september installed waterline protect ship magnetic mines wartime operation saw participating laying minefield german coast north_sea september conducted operation light cruisers leipzig sixteen destroyers laying set mines returned wilhelmshaven mines moored harbor attacked british bombers september german anti aircraft gunners shot bombers inadvertently crashed ship men killed wounded crash participated invasion norway operation ill fated tasked seizing oslo group flagship heavy cruiser sunk coastal fortress inside heavy cruiser damaged squadron attempted steam oslo harbor land troops loss heavy cruiser disembarked troops ground troops occupied oslo entered port serving joint communications center coordinate luftwaffe operations conquest norway complete returned germany served training ship lasted september september assigned operation provide gunfire support german troops 16th operating leipzig torpedo boats ships came fire soviet coastal batteries undamaged group soviet torpedo boats unsuccessful attack german squadron assigned centered newly commissioned battleship tasked preventing breaking baltic leipzig core southern group based fleet remained station briefly september ships recalled returning germany assigned training duties continued role june time major overhaul order refit completed wilhelmshaven returned training cadets september deployed norway served flagship forces norway participated operations october transferred convoy escort duty primary task protect convoys oslo lasted december ran aground island guns removed repairs partially effected departing took remains wife carry mainland germany prevent falling hands advancing repair work ship completed towed remains taken engines working order incapable reaching speed guns departed february bound kiel arrived february taken dockyard complete necessary repairs british bombers attacked ship twice damaged badly ship listing heavily april towed run aground germans blew prevent allies capturing ship wreck ultimately broken scrap bow currently display munich
German cruiser Emden