German cruiser Königsberg
Königsberg in 1936
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| Name: | Königsberg |
| Builder: | Reichsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven |
| Laid down: | 12 April 1926 |
| Launched: | 26 March 1927 |
| Commissioned: | 17 April 1929 |
| Fate: | Sunk 10 April 1940 at Bergen, Norway |
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| Class and type: | Königsberg-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,700 long tons (7,800 t) |
| Length: | 174 m (571 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.3 m (50 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.28 m (20.6 ft) |
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| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range: | 5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
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Königsberg was a German light cruiser that was operated between 1929 and April 1940, including service in World War II. She was the lead vessel of her class and was operated by two German navies, the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine. She had two sister ships, Karlsruhe and Köln. Königsberg was built by the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven; she was laid down in April 1926, launched in March 1927, and commissioned into the Reichsmarine in April 1929. She was armed with a main battery of nine 15 cm SK C/25 guns in three triple turrets and had a top speed of 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph).
Königsberg served as a training ship for naval cadets throughout the 1930s, and joined the non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. After the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, she laid defensive minefields in the North Sea and then participated in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway in April 1940. While attacking Bergen, she was badly damaged by Norwegian coastal artillery, and sunk by British bombers the following day in the harbor. The wreck was eventually raised in 1942 and broken up for scrap the following year.
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