 SMS Emden |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Blohm und Voss and Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Operators: | German Empire |
| Preceded by: | Königsberg class |
| Succeeded by: | Kolberg class |
| Planned: | Two |
| Completed: | Two |
| Lost: | Two |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,364 tons normal |
| Length: | 118 m (390 ft) |
| Beam: | 13. Blohm + Voss is a German shipbuilding and engineering works It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a Kaiserliche Werft Danzig was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1852 first as Königliche Werft Danzig but renamed in 1871 with the proclamation The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification Design Dimensions and machinery The ships of the class were 114 4 m (44 ft) |
| Draught: | 5. 3 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Dresden:Two 15,000 shaft horsepower (12 MW) Parsons turbines driving two propellers Emden:Twelve boilers, two 16,000 shaft horsepower (12 MW) 3-cylinder triple expansion reciprocating steam engines driving two propellers |
| Speed: | Dresden:25 knots (46. 3 km/h) Emden:23 knots (42. 6 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,700 miles (6,000 km) |
| Complement: | 361 |
| Armament: | Ten 10. 5 cm (4. 1 in) rapid fire guns (10 x 1), and two torpedo-tubes |
| Armor: | Deck 13 mm (0. 51 in), Belt 51 mm (2. 0 in), Conning tower 102 mm (4. 0 in) |
The Dresden class of light cruisers was a class of two ships built for the German Imperial Navy in the early part of the 20th century. A light cruiser is a Warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light Armoured cruiser " describing a small ship that carried armour in the same way The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire. The class was composed of Dresden and Emden. Service history At the outbreak of the war in 1914 the Dresden was preparing for the return journey to Germany Early service The Emden was launched on 26 May 1908 and commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine, Germany's Imperial Navy on Dresden and Emden both participated in well known battles during World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Dresden was the only ship to escape destruction at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, and Emden raided merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean, until she was forced to beach by the Australian cruiser Sydney. The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a British naval victory over the Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 during the First World War The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface History Sydney was laid down by the London and Glasgow Engineering Company at Govan, Scotland, in February 1911 launched on 29 August 1912 by Lady
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Construction
The two ships were laid down in 1907 and 1906, and finished in 1908 and 1909, respectively. Dresden was built at the Blohm and Voss shipyard in Hamburg, at a cost of 7,460,000 Marks. Blohm + Voss is a German shipbuilding and engineering works It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany The Goldmark (officially just Mark) is the name used for the currency of the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 Emden was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig, at a cost of 5,960,000 Marks. Kaiserliche Werft Danzig was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1852 first as Königliche Werft Danzig but renamed in 1871 with the proclamation Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland
Design
Dimensions and machinery
The Dresden class was 117. 9 m at the waterline, and 118. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International 3 m overall. They had a beam of 13. 5 m, draught of 5. 54 m, and displaced 3,664 tonnes with a standard load, and 4,268 tons full load. Emden was powered by two shaft triple expansion engines that produced 13,500 ihp, and a rated top speed of 23. 5 knots, although in trials reached 24 knots. Dresden was powered by two shaft Parson turbines, which delivered 15,000 shp and a top speed of 24 knots. Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British Engineering company based in Wallsend, North England, on the River Tyne. In trials, Dresden's turbines were pushed to 18,880 shp, and a top speed of 25. 2 knots.
Armament and armor
The ships of the Dresden class were armed with ten 105 mm (4. 1 inch) guns, four in single barbettes mounted fore and aft, and the remaining six in casemates. For the early 20th Century female impersonator see Barbette (performer A barbette is a protective circular armor feature around a Cannon A casemate, sometimes rendered casement, is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired originally a vaulted chamber in a Fortress. The ships were also armed with eight 52 mm (2 inch) guns, and two 450 mm (17. 7 inch) torpedo tubes. The deck was protected by a half inch to 1. 5 inches of armor, and the 105 mm guns had 2 inch thick gun shields.
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