SMS Karlsruhe (1916)
SMS Karlsruhe in Scapa Flow 1919
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| Name: | Karlsruhe |
| Namesake: | Karlsruhe |
| Ordered: | 1913 |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven |
| Laid down: | May 1915 |
| Launched: | 31 January 1916 |
| Commissioned: | December 1916 |
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| Class and type: | Königsberg-class light cruiser |
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| Length: | 151.4 m (496 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 5.96 m (19 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power: | 31,000 shp (23,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Two turbines, 12 boilers, two shafts |
| Speed: | 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) |
| Range: | 4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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SMS Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the Königsberg class, built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during World War I. She was named after the earlier Karlsruhe, which had sunk in November 1914, from an accidental explosion. The new cruiser was laid down in 1914 at the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel, launched in January 1916, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in November 1916. Armed with eight 15 cm SK L/45 guns, the ship had a top speed of 27.5 kn (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph).
She saw relatively limited service during the war, due to her commissioning late in the conflict. She was present during a brief engagement with British light forces in August 1917, though she did not actively participate in the battle. She joined the large task force assigned to Operation Albion in October 1917, but did not see significant action during that operation either. She was assigned to what was to have been the final sortie of the High Seas Fleet in the closing days of the war, but a large-scale mutiny in significant parts of the fleet forced the cancellation of the plan. Karlsruhe was interned in Scapa Flow after the end of the war, and scuttled there on 21 June 1919. Unlike most of the other ships sunk there, her wreck was never raised.
Karlsruhe was ordered under the contract name "Ersatz Niobe" and was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel in 1915. She was launched on 31 January 1916, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 15 November 1916. The ship was 151.4 meters (496 ft 9 in) long overall and had a beam of 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) and a draft of 5.96 m (19 ft 7 in) forward. She displaced 7,125 t (7,012 long tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two sets of steam turbines powered by ten coal-fired and two oil-fired Marine-type water-tube boilers. These provided a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) and a range of 4,850 nautical miles (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph).
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