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SMS Karlsruhe. SMS. Karlsruhe. SMS Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the Karlsruhe class built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). She had one sister ship, SMS Rostock; the ships were very similar to the previous Magdeburg -class cruisers. The ship was laid down in 1911, launched in November 1912, and completed by January 1914.
SMS. Karlsruhe. (1916) SMS Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the Königsberg class, built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during World War I. She was named after the earlier Karlsruhe, which had sunk in November 1914, from an accidental explosion. The new cruiser was laid down in 1914 at the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel ...
The ship was the only one of the class the Germans managed to scuttle in Scapa Flow as SMS Nürnberg and Emden were both beached by the British. The wreck was sold in 1962 and partially broken up underwater between 1963 and 1965. Nationality: German. Launched: 31 January 1916. Commissioned: 15 November 1916.
Jun 15, 2023 · SMS Karlsruhe was every bit as successful as SMS Emden, and operated over the same period of three months in 1914. Karlsruhe sank or captured sixteen merchant ships totalling 72,805 tons. The Emden sank or captured seventeen merchant ships totalling 70,825 tons. Kohler proved himself every bit as capable and chivalrous as von Muller.
Nov 4, 2014 · One of these, the Hoffnung, formerly the British Indrani, was then scuttled. The survivors managed to get back to Germany a month later via Norway on the other, the Rio Negro. Karlsruhe was the second most successful of the five German light cruisers employed as commerce raiders, after SMS Emden. At least 26 cruisers and armed merchant cruisers ...
SMS Karlsruhe was a Königsberg class light cruiser, laid down in May 1915. She was named Karlsruhe after her namesake which sank in the Caribbean in 1914. SMS Karlsruhe had three sister ships, Emden, Königsberg and Nürnberg Karlsruhe was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in November 1916.
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SMS Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the Königsberg class built as part of the 1914-15 programme. The official design dates to 1913 but she was laid down in May 1915 to be a direct replacement for the obsolete Gazelle class light cruiser Niobe of 1899. She was named Karlsruhe after her namesake
