In
Service: 6 November 1929 to 9 April 1940
Ordered: Builder: Deutsche
Werke AG, Kiel
Construction No: 207
Laid down: 27 July
1926
Launched: 20 August 1927
Commissioned: 6 November 1929
Type: Light cruiser
Class: Königsberg
Displacement:
6,000 tons standard 7,700 tons full load
Length: 174 m
Beam:
15.2 m
Draft: 6.28 m
Propulsion: 3 × shafts 4 MAN
10 × cylinder diesels engines 2 × geared turbines producing up to
68,200 shp
Propellers: Speed: 32.1 knots
Range:
5,700 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 850 men and officers
Armament:
9 × 15 cm L/60 SK C/25
carried 1,080 rounds
2 × 8.8 cm
L/45 SK C/35
carried 800 rounds
2 × 8.8 cm L/76 SK C/32 after 1933
4 after 1935
carried 1,600 rounds
6 × 8.8 cm L/76 SK C/32 after
1940
carried 2,400 rounds
8 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 after 1934
carried 9,600 rounds
8 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 17,600 rounds
12 × 53.3 cm torpedoe tubes
24 × torpedo's carried
120 mines
Armour Belt 50 to 70 mm, Deck 40 mm, Turrets 20 mm,
Aircraft:
2 ×
Heinkel
He 60 seaplanes
Electronics: Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants: Karlsruhe Emden
Königsberg Köln
Leipzig Nürnberg
Other: Light cruisers
Articles: Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the German K class in World War
II, the additional ships in class being the Königsberg and Köln. The
K class were the foremost cruisers of the German navy to procure electric welding
methods and a freshly designed triple 15 cm gun turrets were affixed.
6 November
1929 The Karlsruhe is commissioned.
8 April 1940
The Karlsruhe takes part in operation Weserübung (Invasion of Denmark and Norway)
along with
torpedo boats Greif, Luchs, and Seeadler heading for Kristiansand
South and Arendal.
9 April 1940 The Karlsruhe is attacked
by British submarine HMS Truant off Kristiansand. The Karlsruhe is hit by one
torpedo disabling both engines and power stations. The crew are rescued by the
torpedo boat Greif. The Karlsruhe is then sunk with two torpedoes from the Greif
at 22.50.
Eugen
Lindau
Takes command on 6 November 1929
Ends command on 25 September
1931
Erwin
Wa ner
Takes command on 25 September 1931
Ends command on 8 December
1932
Harsdorf
von Enderndorf
Takes command on 8 December 1932
Ends command on 16
September 1934
Günther
Lütjens
Takes command on 16 September 1934
Ends command on 23
September 1935
Leopold
Siemens
Takes command on 23 September 1935
Ends command on 29 September
1937
Erich
Förste
Takes command on 29 September 1937
Ends command on 21
May 1938
Friedrich
Rieve
Takes command on 13 November 1939
Ends command on 10 April 1940
by Bob
McCormick 01/06/2010
"Der Karlsruhe" visited Tacoma, Wa., March,
1934, Machinist Mate Carl Lischke died of food poison. Food from his family. He
is buried here and we visit his grave often. Capt. Harsdorf von Enderndorf was
the ships caption at the time.
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10:
155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
For a complete list of
sources 
