SMS Brummer
SMS Brummer underway
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Brummer |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan, Stettin |
| Laid down: | 1915 |
| Launched: | 11 December 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 2 April 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 Brummer was a minelaying light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine; she was the lead ship of her class. Her sister ship was Bremse. Brummer was laid down at AG Vulcan's shipyard in Stettin in 1915 and launched on 11 December 1915 and completed on 2 April 1916. Armed with a main battery of four 15-centimeter (5.9 in) guns in single mounts, she carried 400 mines.
Despite being designed as a minelayer, the German Navy never operated her as such. She and her sister were used to raid a British convoy to Norway in October 1917. The two cruisers sank two escorting destroyers and nine of the twelve merchant ships of the convoy. 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. Brummer was included in the list of ships interned at Scapa Flow following the Armistice. On 21 June 1919, the commander of the interned fleet, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, ordered the scuttling of the fleet. Brummer was successfully scuttled, and unlike most of the other wrecks, she was never raised for scrapping.
Brummer was ordered under the contract name "C" and was laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin in 1915. She was launched on 11 December 1915, after which fitting-out work commenced. Completed in less than four months, she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 2 April 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 33,000-shaft-horsepower (25,000 kW) steam turbines powered by two coal-fired and four oil-fired Marine-type boilers. These provided a top speed of 28 kn (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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