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The story of the German light cruiser Karlsruhe is one marked by innovation, structural challenges, and a tragic end. Commissioned in 1929 as part of the K-c...
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Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in) Karlsruhe was a light cruiser, the second member of the Königsberg class, and served from November 1929 to May 1938, and again from November 1939 to April 1940, seeing action in World War II. She was operated by two German navies, the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine. She had two sister ships, Königsberg and Köln.
Sep 8, 2020 · Karlsruhe 1934 in San Diego - U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph The wreckage of one of Germany’s most famous World War II-era vessels, the light cruiser Karlsruhe , was recently found ...
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Sep 7, 2020 · Live Science reports that the Karlsruhe first saw combat in the Second World War on April 9, 1940, and was key to an attack on the southern port of Kristiansand, Norway, as Germany invaded.
Karlsruhe. The three K-class Light Cruisers were the first modern cruisers of the German navy after World War I. For the first time, the main artillery of a German CL was mounted in real turrets and not in single mounts as before. An interesting detail was that the afterwards turrets were mounted off the centerline to give them a better arc of ...
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Apr 9, 2022 · Construction. SMS Karlsruhe was ordered in 1911 as “Ersatz Seeadler” (as a replacement for the 1890 2nd class cruiser). She was laid down in 1911 at Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, hull number 181. Launched on 11 November 1912, she was commissioned on 15 January 1914.
