Bremen-class cruiser
The SMS Bremen
- Deck: 20-80 mm
- Coamings: 100 mm
- Conning tower: 20-100 mm
- Shields: 50 mm
The Bremen- class, sometimes referred to as Hamburg- class was a class light cruiser of the Imperial Navy, which are established under the laws fleet as additional buildings. Belonging to her a total of seven ships were named after German cities and established a lasting until today naming traditions in the German Navy.
Design
The Bremen- class was designed as an official draft 1901/ 02 and 1903. She was an evolutionary development with slightly larger dimensions and increased driving power from the previous Gazelle class to increase speed to 22 knots. The increased number of vessels on ten led to a construction with three chimneys. The SMS Lübeck was in contrast to the other units at the same time with a smaller torpedo boat (S 125), the first German warship a turbine drive.
Differences
The two built after the official draft 1903 ships SMS Leipzig and SMS Danzig can be externally by its sister ships by the unclad chimneys upright (otherwise, with a slight case aft ) are different and integrated into the bridge foremast, which in the older sister ships off the bridge was set up. In the Lübeck the foremast was during the renovation in 1916, in addition to the two newly installed 15 - inch guns, integrated under magnification of the bridge in this. In addition, accounted for the antiquated Rammbug defined by a cruiser Steven (similar to the modern light cruisers ) was replaced. The chimneys were replaced by fully sheathed perpendicular. The Bremen has been rebuilt in a similar form in 1914. However, the chimneys were only half covered and executed the stem as in the light cruisers Kolberg class.
Others
The (first) Königsberg class. It was 1903/ 04 or 1904/1905 designed and consisted of four light cruisers of the Imperial Navy. The ship names of the four were in turn German cities.