cruiser designs german_imperial_navy kaiserliche_marine created series fleet cruiser designs designated follow class cruisers ordered initially intended favor high speed reconnaissance heavier gun armament class final powerful earlier class design staff ultimately drew different designs proposals ranged size metric tons long tons short tons long tons short tons designed displacement armed main battery guns proposed design grew size preceding draft weaponry propulsion systems increased designs built owing shifting construction priorities german_navy year world war thirteen german light cruisers lost course world war replace kaiserliche_marine ordered new cruisers class design provisional fleet cruiser prepared design emphasized reconnaissance role high speed combat power based british class cruisers request modified design named slightly larger vessel meters long waterline long overall design beam forward draft aft draft ship double approximately percent length hull watertight compartments hull constructed longitudinal steel frames designed ship displacement metric tons long tons short tons load combat displacement long tons short tons modified slightly larger meters long waterline long overall modified design beam draft ship hull constructed number watertight compartments extent double designed ship displacement metric tons long tons short tons load combat displacement long tons short tons designs powered sets marine type steam turbines drove bladed screw wide diameter equipped marine type oil fired boilers improved double ended models propulsion system rated maximum shaft horsepower speed knots mph improved engines rated shp maximum speed mph designs carried long tons short tons long tons short tons fuel oil respectively permitted cruising radius nautical miles speed mph designs equipped diesel generators produced kilowatts volts steering controlled single rudder armament designs consisted guns single mounts forward abreast conning tower superfiring pair aft rear superstructure gun fired kilogram shells muzzle velocity meters second supplied shells main batteries respectively guns range designs equipped pair anti aircraft guns mounted centerline amidships guns equipped rounds ammunition guns fired shells ships carried torpedo tubes mounted deck swivel launchers equipped mines designs called crew officers enlisted men course design process continued size projected cruisers increased navy added new design requirements resulted design length increased overall waterline beam increased draft displacement rose long tons short tons normal load long tons short tons combat load significantly greater original design design armed guns anti aircraft guns carry torpedo tubes twin mounts earlier designs design retained propulsion system earlier designs improved engine type additional boiler produced estimated shp speed knots range miles knots original design iteration brought increases displacement rose long tons short tons normal long tons short tons load double original design length waterline overall beam armament augmented additional gun size ship increased powerful propulsion system necessary set turbines added number boilers increased thirteen produced shp speed range figures previous designs final design larger standard displacement long tons short tons combat load rose long tons short tons projected cruiser long waterline beam draft armament increased additional gun ship propulsion system included coal fired boilers oil fired models ultimately designs built like late war german warship designs type battleships class battlecruisers german effort largely abandoned surface warship construction instead focused boat construction final years war
German FK cruiser designs