SMS Hamburg


SMS Hamburg in 1903
Career (German Empire)
Name: Hamburg
Laid down: 1902
Launched: 25 July 1903
Completed: 8 March 1904
Decommissioned: Hulked, 1931
Fate: Scrapped, about 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)

The SMS Hamburg was a Bremen class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Hamburg. She was begun by AG Vulcan Stettin in Stettin in 1902, launched on 25 July 1903 and commissioned on 8 March 1904.