In Service: 17 April 1929 to 10 April 1940
Ordered:
Builder: Reichsmarinewerft,
Wilhelmshaven
Construction No: 108
Laid down: 12 April 1926
Launched: 26 March 1927
Commissioned: 17 April 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
68,000 shp
Propellers: 3
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 × 20 cm MG L/65 C/30 18 after 1934
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:
Königsberg
Emden
Karlsruhe
Köln
Leipzig
Nürnberg
Other: Auxiliary
cruisers
Articles:
Königsberg was a light cruiser of the K class in the
German Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine. Her fellow ships were
Köln and Karlsruhe.
After a series of foreign visits in the 1930s, the ships operations
were along the Spanish coast from November 1936 to January
1937 throughout the Spanish Civil War. Her design and manufacture
meant she was poorly suited to commerce raiding or deep-water
operations, and after war broke out in September 1939 she
was allocated to duty as a torpedo training ship in the Baltic
and later used for mining operations in the North Sea (Operation
Westwal).
17 April 1929
The Königsberg is commissioned.
8 April 1940
The Königsberg takes part in operation Weserübung (Invasion
of Denmark and Norway) along with Köln and training ship
Bremse and the torpedo boats, Leopard and Wolf, transports
troops from Wilhelmshaven to Bergen.
9 April 1940
The Königsberg and artillery training ship Bremse are
hit by Norwegian coastal batteries. The Köln and the
torpedo boats Leopard and Wolf, return to Germany while the
damaged Königsberg stays in Bergen.
10 April 1940
The Königsberg is attacked by the RAF, 15 Skua dive bombers
sink the Königsberg with three direct hits. Although
Königsberg is still afloat after the attack, she capsizes
shortly after in Bergen harbour.
17 July 1942
The Königsberg is raised.
1943
The Königsberg is used as a pier for U-boats.
22 September 1944
The Königsberg capsized again.
1945
The Königsberg is broken up, and scrapped in Bergen.
Wolf
von Trotha
Takes command on 17 April 1929
Ends command on 24 June 1929
Robert
Withoeft Emden
Takes command on 24 June 1929
Ends command on 2 September 1929
Robert
Withoeft Emden
Takes command on 2 September 1929
Ends command on 27 September 1930
Hermann
Densch
Takes command on 27 September 1930
Ends command on 25 September 1932
Otto
von Schrader
Takes command on 25 September 1932
Ends command on 25 September 1934
Hubert
Schmundt
Takes command on 25 September 1934
Ends command on 27 September 1935
Theodor
Paul
Takes command on 27 September 1935
Ends command on 16 February 1937
Robin
Schall Emden
Takes command on 16 February 1937
Ends command on 2 November 1938
Ernst
Scheurlen
Takes command on 2 November 1938
Ends command on 27 June 1939
Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann
Takes command on 27 June 1939
Ends command on 15 September 1939
Heinrich
Ruhfus
Takes command on 14 September 1939
Ends command on 10 April 1940
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
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