SMS Berlin
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| Career (German Empire) |
|
| Name: |
Berlin |
| Laid down: |
1902 |
| Launched: |
22 September 1903 |
| Completed: |
4 April 1905 |
| Decommissioned: |
Hulked, 1916 |
| Fate: |
Scuttled, 1947 |
| 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 × 1 - 105 mm (4.1 in) guns
2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: |
Deck: 80–100 mm (3.1–3.9 in) |
SMS Berlin was a Bremen-class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Berlin. She was laid down at Kaiserliche Werft Danzig in August 1902, launched on 22 September 1903 and commissioned on 4 April 1905.