Strassburg 1912
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Graudenz | 36 | KW Kiel | 1912 | 25.10.1913 | 10.8.1914 | discarded 3.1920, to Italy (Ancona) | |
| Regensburg | 197 | Weser, Bremen | 1912 | 25.4.1914 | 3.1.1915 | discarded 3.1920, to France (Strasbourg) |
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Displacement normal, t |
4912 |
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Displacement full, t |
6382 |
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Length, m |
142.7 oa 139.0 wl |
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Breadth, m |
13.8 |
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Draught, m |
6.08 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Marine steam turbines, 12 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
26000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1280 + oil 375 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
5500(12) |
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Armour, mm |
belt: 60 - 18, deck: 40 - 20, slopes: 60 - 40, glacises: 100, CT: 100, shields: 50 |
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Armament |
12 x 1 - 105/42 SK L/45 C/11, 2 - 500 TT (beam), 120 mines |
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Complement |
385 |
Project history: These two cruisers belonged to the 1911 programme.
Ship protection: Main belt was 60mm thick abreast machinery and 18mm at ship ends, it was closed fwd by 40mm bulkhead. 40mm protective deck above machinery was connected with the belt by 60mm slopes, ship ends were protected by 20mm deck with 40mm slopes. CT had 100mm sides and 20mm roof, guns had 50mm shields and 20mm protection of ammunition hoists.
Modernizations: 1915, Graudenz: - 12 x 1 - 105/42; + 7 x 1 - 149/42 SK L/45 C/09, 2 x 1 - 88/45 SK L/13 C/13, 2 x 1 - 500 TT
1917, Regensburg: - 12 x 1 - 105/42, 2 - 500 TT; + 7 x 1 - 149/42 SK L/45 C/09, 2 x 1 - 88/45 SK L/45 C/13, 4 x 1 - 500 TT
Naval service: Graudenz served with the Scouting Group and became Italian after the war under the name Ancona; she was broken up in 1938. Regensburg served with the Scouting Group during the war and became a French war reparation after the war under the new name Strasbourg; she was broken up in 1944.
Graudenz 1918
© Ivan Gogin, 2014