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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.
Oct 3, 2020 · Last month, Norwegian divers announced they discovered the wreckage of a German warship — also called the Karlsruhe — that was struck by a British torpedo in 1940. More from CBS News.
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FK/KzS Eugen Lindau: 06.11.1929 - Sep 1931: FK/KzS Erwin Waßner: Sep 1931 - Dec 1932: FK/KzS Freiherr Harsdorf von Enderndorf: Dec 1932 - Sep 1934
- 06.11.1929
- Deutsche Werke Kiel, 27.07.1926
- sunk by Submarine 09.04.1940 (Kristiansand)
- 20.08.1927
Sep 8, 2020 · The Karlsruhe, a 174-metre light armoured cruiser, was the last of the big German World War II-era warships to remain missing – until its wreckage was found on June 30. The wreckage of the ship, sunk by a British submarine in 1940, was discovered around 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Kristiansand, Norway, during a routine inspection of undersea electricity cables.
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Sep 20, 2020 · Sep 20, 2020 Ian Harvey, Guest Author. Credit: iSURVEY AS CC BY-SA 4.0. German light cruiser, the Karlsruhe, has been identified on the seabed 13 nautical miles off Norway 80 years after she was sunk during the invasion. Lying in deep water she was detected just 15 metres from a Norwegian power grid sub-sea cable that connects Denmark and Norway.
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Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the German K class in World War II, the additional ships in class being the Königsberg and Köln. The K class were the foremost cruisers of the German navy to procure electric welding methods and a freshly designed triple 15 cm gun turrets were affixed. Career. 6 November 1929.
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Sep 8, 2020 · The wreckage of a German warship that was struck by a British torpedo in 1940 has been discovered off the coast or Norway. Norwegian power grid operator Statnett said the cruiser Karlsruhe was ...
