SMS Bremse
One of the Brummer-class cruisers, probably on the way to Scapa Flow
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 German Empire
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| Name: | SMS Bremse |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan Stettin, Stettin |
| Laid down: | 1915 |
| Launched: | 11 March 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 1 July 1916 |
| Fate: | Scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 |
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| Class and type: | Brummer-class light cruiser |
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| Length: | 140.4 m (460 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft steam turbines, 6 boilers, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range: | 5,800 nmi (10,700 km; 6,700 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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SMS Bremse was a Brummer-class minelaying light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine. She was built by AG Vulcan Stettin in 1915 and launched on 11 March 1916 at Stettin, Germany, the second of the two-ship class after her sister, SMS Brummer. She served during the First World War, operating for most of the time in company with her sister. The two ships took part in an ambush on a convoy in the North Sea, where they sank two destroyers in a surprise attack, before hunting down and sinking nine merchantmen, after which they returned to port unscathed.
The Kaiserliche Marine considered sending the two ships to attack convoys in the Atlantic Ocean, but the difficulties associated with refueling at sea convinced the Germans to abandon the plan. Bremse was one of the ships interned at Scapa Flow under the terms of the armistice in November 1918. On 21 June 1919, the commander of the interned fleet, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, ordered the scuttling of the fleet. She was salvaged in 1929 by teams working for Ernest Cox, though they had to contend with large quantities of oil and the risks of fires and explosions. Having been brought back to the surface after a decade underwater, she was then scrapped.
Bremse was ordered under the contract name "D" and laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin in 1915. She was launched on 11 March 1916, after which fitting-out work commenced. Completed in less than four months, she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 1 July 1916. The ship was 140.4 meters (461 ft) long overall and had a beam of 13.2 m (43 ft) and a draft of 6 m (20 ft) forward. She displaced 5,856 t (5,764 long tons; 6,455 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two sets of steam turbines powered by two coal-fired and four oil-fired Marine-type boilers. These provided a top speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) and a range of 5,800 nautical miles (10,700 km; 6,700 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph). In service however, the ship reached 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph).
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