class cruiser class light cruisers germany class commissioned defeat world war originally planned comprise ships completed dresden launched completed leipzig laid launched names quoted provisional titles construction received names launch taken place design slightly modified version preceding class dresden joined high_seas_fleet limited service careers assigned participated abortive fleet operation norway attack british convoys led attacks british merchant traffic designed lure force climactic fleet battle final days war wilhelmshaven mutiny forced cancellation plan ships interned eventually scuttled scapa_flow june dresden remain scapa_flow design thirteen german light cruisers lost course world war replace kaiserliche_marine ordered new cruisers built modified class design ships laid built shipyard bremen built stettin leipzig ordered dockyard bremen dresden built shipyard kiel built kiel dresden ships completed launched october april respectively launched march months away completion canceled december followed november months finished canceled leipzig launched january canceled seven months completion followed april seven months away finished ship class launched september thirteen months away completion canceled ships canceled general characteristics machinery ships class meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft ships designed displacement metric tons long tons combat load displaced long tons hulls built longitudinal steel frames hulls divided watertight compartments incorporated double extended cent 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 stern heavy ships propulsion systems consisted steam turbines powered coal fired boilers oil fired boilers turbines drove pair bladed screws diameter engines rated shaft horsepower speed knots mph trials reached shp speed mph dresden shp 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 mph steam approximately nautical miles dresden steam nmi speed higher speed 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 forward pair amidships guns placed forecastle deck rest ships class placed deck lower upper deck 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 removed guns fired shells muzzle velocity equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes deck mounted swivel launchers amidships 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 ships class service history commissioning dresden joined high_seas_fleet assigned alongside cruisers ships service time major fleet operation norway april second torpedo boat flotilla attack heavily guarded british convoy norway rest high_seas_fleet steaming support germans failed locate convoy fact sailed day fleet left port result admiral broke operation returned port october ships rest lead final attack british navy dresden attack merchant shipping thames estuary rest group 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 sailors revolt crew battleship refused dresden way aimed gun turrets dresden backed let dresden leave port ship went partially scuttled subsequently floated returned condition unrest ultimately forced hipper cancel operation informed situation kaiser stated longer navy following capitulation germany november high_seas_fleet ships command rear admiral interned british naval base scapa_flow dresden ships interned 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 raised scrapping dresden remains scapa_flow ships completed end war formally stricken naval register november broken scrap briefly considered completion sold october marks broken year leipzig sold scrapped hamburg towed shipyard broken dismantled sold marks apiece june respectively scrapped year hamburg
Cöln-class cruiser