SMS Lübeck
SMS Lübeck
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Lubeck |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1903 |
| Launched: | 26 March 1904 |
| Commissioned: | 26 April 1905 |
| Struck: | 5 November 1919 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1922–1923 |
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| Class and type: | Bremen-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,661 metric tons (3,603 long tons) |
| Length: | Length overall: 111.1 meters (365 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.3 m (43.6 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.4 m (17.7 ft) |
| Installed power: | 11,500 shp (8,600 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 4 shafts, 2 Parsons steam turbines |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Range: | 3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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| Armor: | Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in) |
SMS Lübeck ("His Majesty's Ship Lübeck") was the fourth of seven Bremen-class cruisers of the Imperial German Navy, named after the city of Lübeck. She was begun by AG Vulcan Stettin in Stettin in 1903, launched in March 1904 and commissioned in April 1905. Armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, Lübeck was capable of a top speed of 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph).
Lübeck served with the High Seas Fleet for the first decade of her career, and after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, she was transferred to the Baltic Sea to defend Germany's coast from potential Russian attacks. She saw extensive service in the first three years of the war, during which time she participated in the seizure of Libau and was attacked by Allied submarines on two occasions. She struck a mine in 1916 but was repaired; in 1917, she was withdrawn for secondary duties. She survived the war, and was ceded to the British as a war prize in 1920, and subsequently broken up for scrap.
Lübeck was ordered under the contract name Ersatz Mercur and was laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin in 1903 and launched on 26 March 1904, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 26 April 1905. The ship was 111.1 meters (365 ft) long overall and had a beam of 13.3 m (44 ft) and a draft of 5.4 m (18 ft) forward. She displaced 3,661 t (3,603 long tons; 4,036 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two Parsons steam turbines, designed to give 11,500 shaft horsepower (8,600 kW) for a top speed of 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph). She was the first warship in the German Navy to be equipped with turbine propulsion. The engines were powered by ten coal-fired Marine-type water-tube boilers. Lübeck carried up to 860 tonnes (850 long tons) of coal, which gave her a range of 3,800 nautical miles (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), a shorter range than her sisters, due to her less efficient turbines. She had a crew of 14 officers and 274–287 enlisted men.
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