Breslau ( German: Breslau ) is a German light cruiser of the Magdeburg type from World War I.
| Breslau | |
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| SMS Breslau | |
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| Class and type of vessel | Light cruiser type "Magdeburg" |
| Organization | German Navy |
| Manufacturer | AG Vulcan ( Stettin ) |
| Construction started | 1910 year |
| Launched | May 16, 1911 |
| Commissioned | 1912 year |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | August 16, 1914 transferred to Turkey |
| Status | January 20, 1918 was blown up by a mine and sank |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 4,564 t (normal); 5281 t (max.) |
| Length | 136 / 138.7 m |
| Width | 13.4 m |
| Draft | 6.03 m |
| Engines | 16 Schulz-Tornicroft boilers, 2 steam turbines |
| Power | 25 thousand liters with. |
| Mover | 4 screws (2.47 m) |
| Speed | 27 knots |
| Crew | 370 |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 12 × 105/45 mm [1] After 1916: 2 × 150/45 mm 10 × 105/45 mm After 1917: 8 × 150/45 mm |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2 × 50 cm [1] TA 120 min |
In 1914 it was transferred to Turkey , where it received the name Midilli . Together with the battlecruiser " Goeben " conducted operations on the Black Sea . Used to destroy the supply vessels of the Russian army on the Caucasian front .
On January 20, 1918, after a battle near the island, Imbros was blown up by mines and sank with most of the team at
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Commanders
- 05.1912 - 09.1913 - Frigatten-captain Leberecht von Klitzing
- 10.1913 - 01.1915 - Fregatten Captain Paul Kettner
- 01.1915 - 02.1915 - Corvetten captain Rudolf Madlung
- 02.1915 - 08.1915 - Captain tsurzee Leberecht ph Klitzing
- 09.1915 - 07.1917 - Corvetten-captain Wolfram Knorr
- 08.1917 - 01.1918 - Fregatten-captain (captain-zur-see) Georg von Hippel
Famous people who served on the ship
- Karl Dönitz , grand admiral, commander of the submarine fleet of Nazi Germany
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921.- s-159
Literature
- in English
- Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1906-1921 / Gray, Randal (ed.). - London: Conway Maritime Press, 1985 .-- 439 p. - ISBN 0-85177-245-5 .
- in German
- Gröner, Erich. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945. Band 1: Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote. - Bernard & Graefe Verlag, 1982. - 180 p. - ISBN 978-3763748006 .