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Cöln Class. Another five ships of the class were launched but never completed - Wiesbaden, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Rostock and Frauenlob. Another three were laid down but never launched - Ersatz Cöln, Ersatz Emden and Ersatz Karlsruhe. |
SMS Cöln (ii)
Built Blohm and Voss, Hamburg, laid down August 1915, completed January 1918.
SMS Dresden (ii)
Built Howaldtswerke, Kiel, laid down 1916, completed March 1918.
Size:
Length 149.8 m waterline 155.5 m overall, beam 14.2 m, draught 6.22 m, displacement
5,620 tonnes load 7,486 tonnes full load.
Propulsion:
2 shaft Navy turbines, 31,000 shp, 27.5 knots
Trials:
Cöln 48,708 shp = 29.3 knots
Dresden 49,428 shp = 27.8 knots
Armour:
2.5-0.5in belt, 2.5-1in decks
Armament:
8 x 150mm (5.9in) SKL/45cal (8 x 1), 3 x 88mm (3 x 1), 4 x 600mm (23.6in) TT, 200 mines
Comments:
Another incremental increase in size. Crew 559.
World War 1 Service:
Cöln (ii)
1918 II Scouting Group.
Post war interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow.
Dresden (ii)
1918 II Scouting Group.
Post war interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow.
| SMS Cöln along with Dresden were the last German light cruisers to enter service in World War 1 and with both ships being successfully scuttled at Scapa flow their lives were short. |
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