SMS Leipzig
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Leipzig |
| Namesake: | Leipzig |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down: | 1904 |
| Launched: | 21 March 1905 |
| Commissioned: | 20 April 1906 |
| Fate: | Sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914 |
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| Class and type: | Bremen-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,816 metric tons (3,756 long tons) |
| Length: | Length overall: 111.1 meters (365 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.3 m (43.6 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.61 m (18.4 ft) |
| Installed power: | 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Range: | 4,690 nmi (8,690 km; 5,400 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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| Armor: | Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in) |
SMS Leipzig ("His Majesty's Ship Leipzig") was the sixth of seven Bremen-class cruisers of the Imperial German Navy, named after the city of Leipzig. She was begun by AG Weser in Bremen in 1904, launched in March 1905 and commissioned in April 1906. Armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, Leipzig was capable of a top speed of 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph).
Leipzig spent her career on overseas stations; at the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, she was cruising off the coast of Mexico. After rejoining with the East Asia Squadron, she proceeded to South American waters, where she participated in the Battle of Coronel, where the German squadron overpowered and sank a pair of British armored cruisers. A month later, she again saw action at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, which saw the destruction of the East Asia Squadron. Leipzig was chased down and sunk by the cruisers HMS Glasgow and HMS Kent; the majority of her crew was killed in the battle, with only 18 survivors.
Leipzig was ordered under the contract name "N" and was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in 1904 and launched on 21 March 1905, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 20 April 1906. The ship was 111.1 meters (365 ft) long overall and had a beam of 13.3 m (44 ft) and a draft of 5.61 m (18.4 ft) forward. She displaced 3,816 t (3,756 long tons; 4,206 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple-expansion engines, designed to give 10,000 indicated horsepower (7,500 kW) for a top speed of 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph). The engines were powered by ten coal-fired Marine-type water-tube boilers. Leipzig carried up to 860 tonnes (850 long tons) of coal, which gave her a range of 4,690 nautical miles (8,690 km; 5,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). She had a crew of 14 officers and 274–287 enlisted men.
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