NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Metz (ex-Königsberg)		210	Weser, Bremen, Germany	1914	18.12.1915	12.8.1916 // 20.7.1920	stricken 8.1933

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5440
Displacement full, t	7125
Length, m	145.8 wl 151.4 oa
Breadth, m	14.2
Draught, m	5.96 normal 6.32 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Marine steam turbines, 12 Marine boilers (10 coal- + 2 oil-fired)
Power, h. p.	45900
Max speed, kts	27.8
Fuel, t	coal 1340 + oil 500
Endurance, nm(kts)	4850(12)
Armour, mm	belt: 60 - 18, shields: 50, deck: 40 - 20 with 60 - 40-mm slopes; CT: 100 sides, 20 roof, mine deck: 30 sides, 20 roof
Armament	8 x 1 - 149/42 SK L/45 C/09, 2 x 1 - 88/45 SK L/45 C/13, 2 x 1 - 500 TT (4), 2 - 500 TT (beam, sub, 4), 200 mines
Complement	475

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

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.