Light cruisers of the German Navy.
History and photographs of German Light Cruiser Classes including
Meteor, Bussard, Gazelle, Bremen, K?igsberg, Dresden, Kolberg,
Magdeburg, Karlsruhe, Graudenz, Pillau, Wiesbaden, K?igsberg II and
C?n classes.
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NAME |
LAUNCH |
FATE |
Arcona
Class wooden screw
frigates |
Arcona |
19th May 1858 |
Latterly used as a target
ship then scrapped in 1884. |
Gazelle |
19th December 1859 |
Sold for scrap in 1904. |
Vineta |
4th June 1863 |
Sold for scrap in 1904. |
Hertha |
1st October 1864 |
Sold for scrap in 1904. |
Elisabeth |
18th October 1868 |
Sold for scrap in 1904. |
Nymphe
Class wooden
flush-decked screw corvettes |
Nymphe |
15th April 1863 |
Scrapped after 1887. |
Medusa |
20th October 1864 |
Scrapped after 1881. |
Augusta
Class wooden
flush-decked screw corvettes |
Augusta |
1864 |
Sunk during a hurricane on
2nd June 1885, all hands lost. |
Victoria |
1864 |
Scrapped in 1892. |
Ariadne
Class wooden flush-decked screw corvettes
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Ariadne |
21st July 1871 |
Scrapped in 1891. |
Luise |
16th December 1872 |
Scrapped in 1897. |
Freya |
29th December 1874 |
Scrapped in 1896. |
Leipzig
Class iron flush-decked
corvettes
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Leipzig |
13th September 1875 |
Hulked in 1894. |
Sedan |
17th June 1876 |
Hulked in 1890. |
Bismarck
Class iron flush-decked corvettes |
Bismarck |
25th July 1877 |
Hulked in 1891. |
Bl?her |
20th September 1877 |
Sold as a hulk in 1908. |
Stosch |
8th October 1877 |
Broken up and used for scrap
in 1907. |
Moltke |
18th October 1877 |
Hulked in 1910. |
Gneisenau |
4th September 1879 |
Wrecked on 16th December
1900. |
Stein |
14th September 1879 |
Hulked in 1908. |
Carola
Class iron flush-decked corvettes
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Carola |
27th November 1880 |
Broken up for scrap in 1906. |
Olga |
11th December 1880 |
Sold in 1906 and broken up
for scrap two years later. |
Marie |
20th August 1881 |
Broken up for scrap in 1909. |
Sophie |
10th November 1881 |
Hulked in 1908. |
Alexandrine |
7th February 1885 |
Broken up for scrap in 1907. |
Arcona |
7th May 1885 |
Broken up for scrap in 1906. |
|
Nixe |
23rd July 1885 |
Hulked in 1911. |
|
Charlotte |
5th August 1885 |
Hulked in 1911. |
Schwalbe
Class |
Schwalbe |
16th August 1887 |
Used as a harbour ship in
1911. |
Sperber |
23rd August 1889 |
Hulked in 1912. |
Bussard Class
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Bussard |
23rd January 1890 |
Stricken on 25th October 1912. |
Falke |
4th April 1891 |
Stricken on 25th October 1912. |
Seeadler |
2nd February 1892 |
Hulked in 1914 and then sunk on 19th April
1917. |
Condor |
23rd February 1992 |
Stricken on 18th November 1920. |
Cormoran |
17th May 1892 |
Scuttled on 28th September 1914. |
Geier |
18th October 1894 |
Captured by the US Navy in 1917 and then
sunk on 21st June 1918. |
|
Zieten |
9th
March 1876 |
Broken up 1921 |
Blitz
Class avisos |
Blitz |
26th
August 1882 |
Broken up 1921 |
Pfeil |
16th
September 1882 |
Broken up 1922 |
|
Greif |
29th
July 1886 |
Hulked 1912 |
Wacht
Class avisos |
Wacht |
27th
August 1887 |
Lost 4th
September 1901 |
Jagid |
7th
July 1888 |
Hulked 1910 |
Meteor Class
avisos |
Meteor |
20th January 1890 |
Stricken on 24th June 1911. |
Comet |
15th November 1892 |
Stricken on 24th June 1911. |
|
Gefion |
31st March 1898 |
Used as a merchant ship in
1920. |
|
Hela |
28th March 1895 |
Sunk by British
Submarine E9 with the loss of two crew on 13th September 1914. |
Gazelle
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Gazelle |
31st March 1898 |
Stricken on 28th August 1920. |
Niobe |
18th July 1899 |
Stricken on 24th June 1925. |
Nymphe |
21st November 1899 |
Stricken on 29th August 1931. |
Thetis |
3rd July 1900 |
Stricken on 27th September 1929. |
Ariadne |
10th August 1900 |
Sunk on 28th August 1914. |
Amazone |
6th October 1900 |
Stricken on 31st March 1913. |
Medusa |
5th December 1900 |
Stricken on 27th March 1929 and scuttled
on 3rd May 1945. |
Frauenlob |
22nd March 1902 |
Sunk on 31st May 1916. |
Arcona |
22nd October 1902 |
Stricken on 15th January 1930, scuttled on
3rd May 1945. |
Undine |
11th December 1902 |
Sunk on 7th November 1915. |
Bremen Class
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SMS
Bremen |
9th July 1903 |
Mined on 17th December 1915. |
SMS
Hamburg |
25th July 1903 |
Stricken on 31st March 1931. |
SMS
Berlin |
22nd September 1903 |
Hulked in 1935, scuttled in 1947. |
SMS
L?eck |
26th March 1904 |
Stricken on 5th November 1919. |
M?chen |
30th April 1904 |
Stricken on 5th November 1919. |
Leipzig |
21st March 1905 |
Sunk 8th December 1914. |
Danzig |
23rd September 1905 |
Stricken on 5th November 1919. |
Koningsberg
Class
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Class |
K漯b>nigsberg |
12th December 1905 |
Scuttled on 11th July 1915. |
Nurnberg |
29th August 1908 |
Sunk on 8th December 1914. |
Stuttgart |
22nd September 1906 |
Broken up in 1921. |
Stettin |
7th July 1907 |
Broken up over the years 1921-23. |
Dresden Class |
Dresden |
5th October 1907 |
Scuttled 14th March 1915. |
Emden |
26th May 1908 |
Sunk 9th November 1914. |
Kolberg Class
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Kolberg |
14th November 1908 |
Broken up in 1929. |
Mainz |
23rd January 1909 |
Sunk on 28th August 1914. |
Coln (or
K?n) |
5th June 1909 |
Sunk on 28th August 1914. |
Augsberg |
10th July 1909 |
Broken up in 1922. |
Magdeburg Class
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Class |
Magdeburg |
13th May 1911 |
Sunk on 26th August 1914. |
Breslau |
16th May 1911 |
Sunk on 20th January 1918. |
Strassburg |
24th August 1911 |
Sunk on 23rd October 1943 |
Stralsund |
4th November 1911 |
Broken up in 1935. |
Karlsruhe Class
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Karlsruhe |
11th November 1912 |
Sunk on 4th November 1914. |
Rostock |
11th December 1912 |
Sunk on 1st June 1916. |
Graudenz Class
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Graudenz |
25th October 1913 |
Ceded to Italy in 1921.and
became Ancona broken up in 1938 |
Regensburg |
25th April 1914 |
Ceded to France 1920.
and became the new Strasbourg she was broken up in 1944 |
Pillau Class |
Pillau |
11th April 1914 |
Ceded to Italy 1921.
and became Bari. Sunk in 1943 by US aircraft |
Elbing |
21st November 1914 |
Sunk on 1st June 1916. |
Wiesbaden
Class
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Wiesbaden |
30th January 1915 |
Sunk on 1st June 1916. |
Frankfurt |
20th March 1915 |
Sunk 18th July 1921. |
K?igsberg II Class
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K?igsberg ii |
18th December 1915 |
Ceded to France in 1920. |
Karlsruhe ii |
31st January 1916 |
Scuttled 21st June 1919. |
Emden ii |
1st February 1916 |
Broken up 16th December
1926. |
N?nberg ii |
14th April 1916 |
Sunk 7th July 1922. |
C?n Class |
C?n ii |
5th October 1916 |
Scuttled 21st June 1919. |
Wiesbaden ii |
3rd March 1917 |
Broken up in 1920. |
Dresden ii |
25th April 1917 |
Scuttled 21st June 1919. |