Konigsberg (Konigsberg Class)


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Laid down 14th April 1926
Launched 26th March 1927
Completed N/A
Commissioned 17th April 1929
Fate Sunk:
10th April 1940
Builders Marine Werft, Wilhelmshaven
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

Konigsberg was completed without aircraft or 3.46" guns. During the invasion of Norway she was sunk at Bergen by British Fleet Air Arm aircraft.

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