SMS Regensburg
SMS Regensburg in her configuration of 1918
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Regenseburg |
| Namesake: | City of Regensburg |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down: | 1912 |
| Launched: | 25 April 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 3 January 1915 |
| Struck: | 10 March 1920 |
| Fate: | Ceded to France |
 France
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| Name: | Strasbourg |
| Namesake: | City of Strasbourg |
| Acquired: | 4 June 1920 |
| Out of service: | 14 June 1936 |
| Fate: | Scuttled in Lorient, 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Graudenz-class cruiser |
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| Length: | 142.7 m (468 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 13.8 m (45 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed: | 27.5 kn (50.9 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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SMS Regensburg was a light cruiser of the Graudenz class built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). She had one sister ship, SMS Graudenz. The ship was built by the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, laid down in 1912, launched in April 1914, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in January 1915. She was named for the German town of Regensburg. The ship was armed with a main battery of twelve 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns and had a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph), though in 1917 she was rearmed with seven 15 cm SK L/45 guns.
Regensburg served in the reconnaissance forces of the High Seas Fleet during World War I. She saw significant action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, where she served as the leader of the torpedo boat flotillas that screened for the I Scouting Group battlecruisers. After the end of the war, she was ceded to France in 1920 and renamed Strasbourg. In 1928 she took part in the Arctic rescue operations searching for the Airship Italia. Removed from service in 1936, she was used as a barracks ship in Lorient until 1944, when she was seized by the Germans and scuttled in the harbor to protect the U-boat pens there.
Regensburg was ordered under the contract name "Ersatz Irene" and was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in 1912 and was launched on 25 April 1914; the mayor of Regensburg, Hofrat Josef Bleyer, christened the ship. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 3 January 1915. The ship was 142.7 meters (468 ft) long overall and had a beam of 13.8 m (45 ft) and a draft of 5.75 m (18.9 ft) forward. She displaced 6,382 t (6,281 long tons; 7,035 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two sets of Marine steam turbines driving two 3.5-meter (11 ft) propellers. They were designed to give 26,000 shaft horsepower (19,000 kW). These were powered by ten coal-fired Marine-type water-tube boilers and two oil-fired double-ended boilers. These gave the ship a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph). Regensburg carried 1,280 t (1,260 long tons) of coal, and an additional 375 t (369 long tons) of oil that gave her a range of approximately 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). She had a crew of 21 officers and 364 enlisted men.
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