| Laid down | 8th December 1921 |
| Launched | 7th January 1925 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 15th October 1925 |
| Fate | Scrapped: 1947 |
| Builders | Marine Werft, Wilhelmshaven Germany |
| Complement | 630 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 5689 tons std 7102 tons max |
| Dimensions | 508' 9" x 47' |
| Draught | 16' 11" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | As built: 8 x 5.9"/45 (8 x 1) Refitted: 8 x 5.9"/36 (8 x 1) |
| Secondary guns | As built: 3 x 3.5" (3 x 1) Refitted: 3 x 4.1"/32 (3 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | 4 x 21" (2 x 2) |
| Other weapons | As built: N/A Refitted: 2 x 40mm 2 x 37mm/30 20 x 20mm (10 x 2) |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Deck: 0.7" - 1.5" Belt: 2" C.T.: 4" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | None |
| Flightdeck | None |
| Hangar | None |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | None |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | None |
| Sonar | None |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 10 x Marine boilers 2 x Brown Boverie steam turbines |
| Power output | 46500shp |
| Speed | 29kts |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 4560NM @ 10kts 3230NM @ 12kts |
| Fuel | 1200 tons oil |
Emden made 9 training cruisers before WW2. In April 1940 she took part in the invasion
of Norway. In 1941, during the invasion of Russia, she bombarded shore batteries in the
Baltic.
In 1944 she had her armament replaced. In September oof that year, she was sent to the
Skagerrak to support destroyer operations. On the 9th she ran agound in Oslofjord, and
arrived at Konigsberg for repirs on 25th December.
Repairs were halted due to the advancing Russians, and she left harbour on 23rd January
1945. On 13th April she was hit by a bomb and had to be beached off Heikendorferbucht.
Her crew were sent ashore and on 3rd May she was deliberatly wrecked by explosives.
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