MULHOUSE light cruiser (1912 / 1920)

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Mulhouse (ex-Stralsund)		174	Weser, Bremen, Germany	1910	4.11.1911	10.12.1912 // 3.8.1920	stricken 2.1933

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4570
Displacement full, t	5587
Length, m	136.0 wl 138.7 oa
Breadth, m	13.5
Draught, m	4.46 normal 5.10 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Bergmann steam turbines, 16 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	25000
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	coal 1200 + oil 106
Endurance, nm(kts)	5820(12)
Armour, mm	belt: 60 - 18, shields: 50, deck: 40 - 20 with 60 - 40-mm slopes; CT: 100 sides, 20 roof
Armament	7 x 1 - 149/42 SK L/45 C/09, 2 x 1 - 88/45 SK L/45 C/13, 2 x 1 - 500 TT, 120 mines
Complement	354

Project history

Ex-German cruiser, transferred as war reparation.

Ship protection

60mm belt protected machinery and magazines (about 80% of ship length), its thickness decreased to 18mm at fwd part, there was 40mm transverse bulkhead between 60mm and 18mm parts of the belt, aft part of waterline was unprotected. 40-20mm armour deck was connected with lower edge of the belt by 60-40mm slopes. Guns were protected by 50mm shields, ammo tubes had 20mm armour.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service