Königsberg-class cruiser (1905)
- Deck: 20-80 mm
- Coamings: 100 mm
- Conning tower: 20-100 mm
- Shields: 50 mm
The first Königsberg class was the immediate successor of the Bremen class. It was 1903/ 04 or 1904/1905 designed and consisted of four light cruisers of the Imperial Navy. The ship's name, German cities followed the example of the Bremen class.
- Scuttled Launched December 12, 1905, July 1915: SMS Königsberg
- Sunk Launched August 28, 1906, in December 1914 at the Falkland Islands: SMS Nürnberg
- Scrapped Launched September 22, 1906, 1920: SMS Stuttgart
- Scrapped Launched March 7, 1907, 1921-1923: SMS Stettin
Technology
Also, this class of ship was equipped with the classic Rammbug. Although belonging to a class, there are distinct differences among the vessels. Particularly striking here was that during the last three ships of the aft funnel " been detached " was, he had a much greater distance from the middle to the front as this chimney. The drive system consisted of a total of 11 water -tube boilers, which were placed in the SMS Königsberg in three boiler rooms, while the other ships had five boiler rooms. Three of these cruisers were equipped with two triple expansion engines; SMS Stettin had Parsonsturbinen.
Arming
All ships were equipped with ten 10.5 cm rapid charging L/40 guns and had two 45 cm underwater torpedo tubes. While the type of ship SMS Königsberg had additionally machine guns, had the other three units each with eight 5.2 cm L/55 quick -loading cannon.
Rebuilding
The SMS Stuttgart was from February to May 1918 converted into an aircraft cruiser. The number of 10.5 -cm guns was reduced to four. On the forecastle two 8.8 cm were placed L/45 anti-aircraft guns instead of the front two, while the entire rear ship half was occupied by the hangar and an open deck, which served for launching and Anbordholen the three carried seaplanes, so that the four rear gun positions were dropped.