Brummer class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | AG Vulcan Stettin |
| Built: | 1915-1916 |
| In commission: | 1916-1919 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,385 tonnes standard 5,856 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 140 m (459 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 6 oilers, 33,000hp |
| Speed: | 28 kn (52 km/h) |
| Complement: | 309 |
| Armament: | 4 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns (4×1) 2 × 88 mm (3.5 in) AA guns (3×1) 2 × 500 mm (20 in) torpedo tubes 400 mines |
| Armor: | Belt: 44 mm (1.7 in) Deck: 15 mm (0.59 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in) |
The Brummer class were a group of two light minelaying cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy in World War I. When the war broke out the Germans had only two older minelaying cruisers; Albatros and Nautilus. Although most German cruisers were fitted for minelaying, a need for fast specialised ships existed. The Imperial Russian Navy had ordered a set of steam turbines for the Borodino class battlecruiser Navarin from AG Vulcan. This machinery was confiscated on the outbreak of war and used for these ships. Both vessels were built by AG Vulcan in Stettin.
[edit] Ships
| Ship | laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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| SMS Brummer | 1915 | 11 December 1915 | 2 April 1916 | Scuttled in Scapa Flow 19 June 1919 |
| SMS Bremse | 1915 | 11 March 1916 | 1 July 1916 | Scuttled in Scapa Flow 19 June 1919 |
[edit] Service
The ships served with the High Seas Fleet (II and IV Scouting Groups) and carried out several minelaying sorties. On 17 October 1917 the two ships attacked a British convoy sailing between Britain and Norway. The Germans sunk the British destroyers HMS Strongbow and HMS Mary Rose and nine merchant ships. The two ships were interned at Scapa Flow and scuttled with the High Seas Fleet in June 1919.
[edit] References
- Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906-1922
- wordwar1.co.uk
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