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Niobe

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Niobe (ex-Gelderland)			Mij Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands	1898	28.9.1898	16.7.1900 // 1.3.1944	sunk 16.7.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	3512
Length, m	93.3 wl 94.7 oa
Breadth, m	14.8
Draught, m	5.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 12 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	9750
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	coal 400
Armour, mm	Harvey steel; deck: 51
Armament	8 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 4 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 8 x 1 - 20/65 C/38
Electronic equipment	FuMO 213 radar
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Project history

Former Dutch protected cruiser. Already deleted from fleet list (24.8.1939) ship was captured by German troops at Den Helder in May, 1940. In 1941-1944 she was converted to floating AA battery, works were implemented by Giessen at Krimpen, then by Schichau at Elbing. Würzburg radar was installed. Unlike Ariadne class, Niobe had main machinery and could make about 15kts. Ship was commissioned by Kriegsmarine 1.3.1944 as Niobe.

Ship protection

51mm deck had 51mm slopes.

Modernizations

1944: - 8 x 1 - 20/65; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28.

Naval service

Niobe was 16.7.1944 sunk by Soviet aircraft at Kotka (Finland).