leipzig class cruiser leipzig class class light cruisers later kriegsmarine class comprised leipzig lead ship built slightly modified design ships improvements preceding class cruisers slightly larger efficient arrangement main battery improved armor protection leipzig built followed ships participated non intervention patrols spanish civil war outbreak world war variety roles including escort vessels december ships torpedoed british submarine hms salmon secondary roles primarily training ships rest war leipzig provided gunfire support german_army troops fighting eastern ships survived war leipzig poor condition following accidental collision heavy cruiser late war leipzig barracks ship scuttled emerged war largely unscathed result seized war commissioned soviet fleet admiral continued soviet service late 1950s broken scrap design general characteristics ships leipzig class identical prompting naval historians classify separate designs ship class larger leipzig meters long waterline long overall beam maximum draft forward displaced metric tons long tons short tons designed metric tons long tons short tons combat load slightly longer waterline overall beam identical leipzig draft slightly greater forward displaced metric tons long tons short tons designed metric tons long tons short tons combat load ships hulls divided fourteen watertight compartments double bottoms ran percent length vessels bows constructed longitudinal steel frames percent order save weight large forward superstructure leipzig superstructure resembled preceding class large platform fitted funnel leipzig leipzig initially crew officers enlisted men later career crew grew officers sailors officers sailors accommodate admiral staff officers enlisted men serving flagship crew started officers ratings course career officers enlisted men ships carried picket boats barges launches ships carried aircraft catapult pair reconnaissance float planes equipped crane retrieve aircraft landing 60s later replaced leipzig catapult located funnel forward superstructure placed aft funnel machinery handling ships propulsion system consisted steam turbines manufactured shipyards cylinder double acting stroke diesel engines built man steam turbines provided marine type double ended oil fired boilers engines rated shaft horsepower turbines plus shp central diesel engines ship propulsion system provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph diesel engines turbines operation ships steam nmi speed mph ships extensive electrical generator systems leipzig power plants turbo generator diesel generator gave ship combined output volts generators comprised turbo generators diesel generators total output volts steering controlled single balanced rudder gave ships excellent rudder augmented special steering system engine gears drive half engines astern half forward allowed screws assist turning ship angles ships tended lee helm general conditions heavy wind suffered weather helm vessels suffered severe low speeds effect especially pronounced owing larger superstructure armament armor leipzig armed guns mounted triple gun turrets located forward placed superfiring pair aft centerline supplied rounds ammunition shells gun built leipzig equipped anti aircraft guns single mounts rounds ammunition built weapons rounds total carried anti aircraft guns anti aircraft guns number changed career ships carried triple torpedo tube mounts located amidships leipzig weapons equipped torpedoes supplied torpedoes capable carrying naval mines leipzig krupp cemented armor received newly developed steel ships protected armored deck thick amidships armored belt thick belt inclined greater degree preceding increase effectiveness thickness armor plate sloping armor connected deck belt thick conning tower thick sides thick roof gun turrets thick faces thick sides thick roofs mounted barbettes protected steel plating modifications outbreak war ships fitted protect magnetic mines leipzig aircraft equipment removed torpedo tubes aircraft handling equipment aft torpedo tubes removed war ships radar upgraded march equipped radar early radar set installed search radar surface targets low flying aircraft low range set replaced short range centimeter radar fitted radar warning receivers leipzig receive radar set modification leipzig leipzig anti aircraft armament modernized bring closer standard weaponry fitted sister additional guns added pair later starting guns installed fourteen guns carried guns anti aircraft battery improved course world war late pair army variant quadruple mounts installed navigating bridge aft superfiring turret navy proposed installing guns weapons diverted uses guns installed mounted bridge catapult located navy pattern added replaced army model atop aft superfiring turret placed anti aircraft fire director army pattern moved main deck december revised anti aircraft plan proposed time incorporating new gun twin mounts germany wartime situation end prevented changes construction service history leipzig 1930s leipzig training cruiser goodwill visits foreign ports participated non intervention patrols spanish civil war year world war performed escort duties warships baltic north seas leipzig torpedoed british submarine hms salmon december operations cruiser badly damaged necessary repairs took year complete resumed duties training ship provided gunfire support advancing troops invaded soviet_union heavy fog october leipzig collided heavy cruiser damage severe navy decided complete repairs instead repaired leipzig afloat state provided gunfire support defenders advancing march germans continued retreat east leipzig transport group fleeing german civilians reached denmark late april end war leipzig barracks ship forces scuttled july following commissioning participated non intervention patrols spanish civil war completed patrols major incident returned germany outbreak world war september lay defensive minefields german coast north_sea escort offensive layers north_sea torpedoed british submarine salmon december repairs completed early returned active duty training ship baltic_sea performed role rest war apart short deployment norway november april january assigned laying duties severe shortages fuel permitted operation end war seized royal_navy ultimately awarded soviet_union war december soviet crew took ship following month took renamed admiral served 8th fleet training cruiser based ultimate fate unclear broken scrap second largest warship kriegsmarine survive war intact heavy cruiser vessel service war albeit foreign navy
Leipzig-class cruiser