Leipzig (Leipzig Class)

Laid down	14th April 1928
Launched	18th October 1929
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	8th October 1931
Fate	Scuttled: 11th July 1946
Builders	Marine Werft, Wilhelmshaven Germany
Complement	850
Dimensions
Displacement	6619 tons std 8382 tons max
Dimensions	580' 9" x 53' 3"
Draught	16'
Armament
Main guns	9 x 5.9" (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 Parsons steam turbines 4 x MAN diesels
Power output	60000shp turbines 12400bhp diesels
Speed	32kts
Shafts	2
Range	3800NM @ 15kts
Fuel	1253 tons oil 348 tons diesel

In 1937 Leipzig was badly damaged in bad weather in the Bay of Biscay. In 1939 it was planned to strengthen her hull, but other building programmes prevented yard space becoming available.

In September 1939 she carried out 4 minelaying sorties. On 13th December 1939 she was torpedoed by the British submarine Salmon, wrecking both forward boiler rooms. They were never repaired due to the amount of work involved, and her speed was limited to 22kts.

She spent the rest of the war as a training ship, and in October 1944 was damaged when she was rammed by the Prinz Eugen. After the war she was scuttled off Norway by the Allies with a cargo of gas ammunition.

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