CL - SMS Emden (1908)

some additional information:

type: light cruiser
class: Dresden

keel laid: 1.November 1906
running on water: 26.may 1908
test started: 10.July 1909
included in the active services: 1.April 1910
yard: Danzig Navy Yard (Gdansk)
sunk: 9.November 1914 austalským light cruiser HMAS Sydney

length: 118 m
width: 13,5 m
draught: 5.1 m
displacement: 3 664 t / max. 4 268 t
crew: 361

Drive:
2x trojexpanzní steam machines, each with three cylinders
12 boilers
Speed: 24 knots
Range:
4 460 us. miles at a speed of 8 knots
3 790 us. miles at a speed of 12 knots
1 850 us. miles at a speed of 20 knots
1 226 us. miles at a speed of 24 knots (in theory)

Armament:
10 x 105mm (4.1" ; 10 x 1) rapid-fire
- rate of fire 16 rounds per minute
- supply of ammunition, for 150 shells per gun,
8 x 52mm (2" ; 8 x 1)
2 x 450mm (17.7") TT
- supply of ammunition 5 torpedoes

Armour:
100 mm - conning tower
50 mm - deck.
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captains:

July 1909 - April 1910 : FK Engels
April 1910 - November 1911 : KK/FK Vollerthun
November 1911 - may 1913 : KK/FK von Restorf
may 1913 - 9.11.1914 : KK Karl von Muller.
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SMS Emden
Nascanováno from ABC..
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