| Laid down | 27th July 1926 |
| Launched | 20th August 1927 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 6th November 1929 |
| Fate | Sunk: 10th April 1940 |
| Builders | Deutsche Werke, Kiel Germany |
| Complement | 820 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 6756 tons std 8260 tons max |
| Dimensions | 570' 9" x 50' |
| Draught | 18' 4" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 9 x 5.9"/25 (3 x 3) |
| Secondary guns | 6 x 3.46" (3 x 2) |
| Torpedo tubes | 12 x 21" (4 x 3) |
| Other weapons | 8 x 37mm (4 x 2) |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Deck: 1.5" Belt: 2" - 2.7" C.T.: 4" Turrets: 0.75" - 1" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | 2 x He60 seaplanes |
| Flightdeck | None |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | 1 |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | None |
| Sonar | None |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 6 x Marine boilers 2 x Germania steam turbines 2 x MAN diesels |
| Power output | 68000shp turbines 1800bhp diesels |
| Speed | 32kts turbines 10kts diesels |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 3100NM @ 13kts |
| Fuel | 1184 tons oil 261 tons diesel |
Karlsruhe was refitted to strengthen her hull in 1938. She was torpedoed in the Baltic by the British submarine Truant during the invasion of Norway.
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