SMS Nürnberg (1906)
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Nürnberg's sistership Königsberg |
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| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Nürnberg |
| Namesake: | Nürnberg |
| Builder: | Howaldtswerke, Kiel |
| Laid down: | January 1906 |
| Commissioned: | April 1908 |
| Fate: | Sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,400 tons, 3,814 tons full load |
| Length: | 115.3 m (378 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.2 m (43 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.29 m (17.4 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Twin triple expansion engines, 13,200 ihp (9,800 kW) |
| Speed: | 24.1 knots (44.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 322 |
| Armament: | Ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) rapid fire guns (10 x 1), ten 5.2 cm (2.0 in) rapid fire guns (10 x 1), and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo-tubes |
SMS Nürnberg, named after the town of Nuremberg, was a German Königsberg class light cruiser of 3,450 tons laid down in 1905[1] and launched in 1907. The Nürnberg's design was similar in both size and appearance to the famous Emden, differing mainly in its uneven funnel spacing. She was armed with ten 4.1-inch (100 mm) guns, eight five pounders, four machine guns and two submerged torpedo tubes.[1] Her top speed was 25 knots (46 km/h).[1]
In August 1914 the Nürnberg arrived in Honolulu and was attached to the German Pacific Fleet.[1]
In September 1914 the Nürnberg attacked the British Imperial cable station, on the All Red Line, at Fanning Island. [2]
Being a latecomer to the Battle of Coronel, Nürnberg found the drifting HMS Monmouth and finished her off with 75 shells at close range.
Nürnberg was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. While Admiral von Spee's armored cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau were engaging with the British battlecruisers HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible the three light cruisers of the German East Asia Squadron were ordered to seek to escape. Nürnberg was pursued by the larger and more powerful HMS Kent. Although nominally faster, Nürnberg's engines were badly worn out, which enabled Kent to catch up with her. Nürnberg opened fire on Kent and scored several hits, but was unable to disable the British armored cruiser. After coming into range of her heavier but shorter-ranged guns, Kent eventually sank Nürnberg, although suffering considerable damage herself.
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