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STRASBOURG light cruiser (1915 / 1920)


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Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Strasbourg (ex-Regensburg)   197 Weser, Bremen, Germany 1912 25.4.1914 3.1.1915 // 4.6.1920 accommodation ship 6.1936


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

4912

Displacement full, t6382
Length, m

139.0 wl 142.7 oa

Breadth, m

13.8

Draught, m

5.75 normal 6.08 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Marine steam turbines, 12 Marine boilers (10 coal- + 2 oil-fired)

Power, h. p.

29000

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

coal 1280 + oil 375

Endurance, nm(kts)5500(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, 4 x 1 - 500 TT, 120 mines

Complement

385



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.