Bremen class cruiser


SMS Hamburg
Class overview
Operators:  Kaiserliche Marine
Preceded by: Gazelle class
Succeeded by: Königsberg class
Completed: 7
Lost: 2
Scrapped: 5
General characteristics
Class and type: Bremen-class light cruiser
Displacement: 3,756 metric tons (3,697 long tons)
Length: 110.6 m (362.9 ft) waterline; 111.1 m (364.5 ft) overall
Beam: 13.3 m (43.6 ft)
Draft: 5.61 m (18.4 ft)
Installed power: 11,750 ihp (8,760 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement: 288
Armament:

10 × 105 mm (4.1 in) SK L/40 guns
10 × 37 mm (1.5 in) autocannon

3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor: Deck: 25–50 mm (0.98–2.0 in)

The Bremen class also referred to as the Hamburg class was a group of seven light cruisers built for the German Imperial Navy and used during the First World War.

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