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Kolberg 1910

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Kolberg		814	Schichau, Danzig	1908	14.11.1908	21.6.1910	discarded 11.1919, to France (Colmar)
Mainz		288	Vulcan, Stettin	1907	23.1.1909	1.10.1909	sunk 28.8.1914
Cöln		141	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1908	5.6.1909	16.6.1911	sunk 28.8.1914
Augsburg		34	KW Kiel	1908	10.7.1909	1.10.1910	test ship till 1912, TS 1912-1914, discarded 11.1919

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	4362
Displacement full, t	Kolberg: 4915 Mainz: 4889 Cöln: 4864 Augsburg: 4882
Length, m	130.5 oa 130.0 wl
Breadth, m	14.0
Draught, m	Kolberg: 5.58 deep load Mainz: 5.60 deep load Cöln: 5.73 deep load Augsburg: 5.45 deep load
No of shafts	Kolberg, Augsburg: 4 Mainz, Cöln: 2
Machinery	Kolberg: 4 Melms & Pfenniger steam turbines, 15 Marine boilers Mainz: 2 AEG-Curtiss steam turbines, 15 Marine boilers Cöln: 2 Germania steam turbines, 15 Marine boilers Augsburg: 4 Parsons steam turbines, 15 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	Kolberg, Augsburg: 19000 Cöln, Mainz: 20200
Max speed, kts	Kolberg, Augsburg: 25.5 Mainz, Cöln: 26
Fuel, t	Kolberg: coal 970 Mainz: 1010 Cöln: 960 Augsburg: 940
Endurance, nm(kts)	Kolberg: 3250(14) Mainz: 3630(14) Cöln, Augsburg: 3500(14)
Armour, mm	steel / Krupp steel - deck: 40 - 20, slopes: 80 - 50, glacises: 100, CT: 100, shields: 50
Armament	12 x 1 - 105/42 SK L/45 C/06, 4 x 1 - 52/52 SK L/55 C/03, 2 - 450 TT (beam), 100 mines
Complement	367

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Project history

Belonging to the 1906-7 programme these four cruisers marked an important step in the steady development of German light cruisers. Displacement rose about 20 per cent and speed by about 1.5kts compared with the previous Dresden class. Speed was bought by a simple increase in displacement to allow for heavier machinery and all four were equipped with competitive turbine systems: Kolberg Melms-Pfenninger, Mainz AEG-Curtiss, Coin Gerraania, Augsburg Parsons turbines. Maximum coal capacity varied.

Ship protection

40mm protective deck with 80mm slopes protected machinery, outside machine spaces deck had turtleback form with 20mm flat and 50mm slopes. Engines had 100mm glacises. CT had 100mm sides and 20mm roof, guns had 50mm shields.

Modernizations

1917, Kolberg, Augsburg: - 12 x 1 - 105/42, 4 x 1 - 52/52; + 6 x 1 - 149/42 SK L/45 C/09

1918, Kolberg, Augsburg: + 2 x 1 - 88/45 SK L/45 C/13, 2 x 1 - 500 TT

Naval service

Mainz and Cöln were sunk by British battle cruisers on 28 August 1914 in the North Sea while on patrol. Augsburg was ceded to Japan as war reparations and was scrapped in 1922 at Dordrecht. Kolberg served with the High Seas Fleet in the war, after the war she became the French Colmar and was condemned in 1927 and broken up in 1929 at Brest.