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    Karlsruhe was a light cruiser, the second member of the Königsberg class, and served from November 1929 to May 1938, and again from November 1939 to April...
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    Karlsruhe class of light cruisers was a pair of two ships built for the German Imperial Navy before the start of World War I. The ships—SMS Karlsruhe...
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  • naval ships of Germany have been named Karlsruhe after the city of Karlsruhe, Germany: SMS Karlsruhe (1912), World War I German light cruiser, launched 1912...
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    Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (lit. 'War Navy'), built after the rise of the Nazi Party...
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  • Thumbnail for German cruiser Königsberg
    Königsberg was a German light cruiser that was operated between 1929 and April 1940, including service in World War II. She was the lead vessel of her...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Karlsruhe
    SMS Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the Karlsruhe class built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). She had one sister ship, SMS Rostock;...
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  • class light cruiser, launched 1916 German cruiser Karlsruhe, 7,200 ton K class light cruiser, sunk World War II German frigate Karlsruhe (F223), Köln-class...
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    of light cruisers of the German Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine. The class comprised three ships named after German cities: Königsberg, Karlsruhe, and Köln...
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    Nürnberg was a German light cruiser of the Leipzig class built for the Kriegsmarine. She was named after the city of Nuremberg and had one sister ship...
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    Emden was a light cruiser built for the German Navy (Reichsmarine) in the early 1920s. She was the only ship of her class and was the first large warship...
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  • used on its service between New York and the River Plate. The German cruiser Karlsruhe sank her in 1914. Vandyck was named after the Flemish Baroque painter...
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  • Thumbnail for German cruiser Köln
    She was operated by two German navies, the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine. She had two sister ships, Königsberg and Karlsruhe. Köln was built by the...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Karlsruhe (1916)
    SMS Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of the Königsberg class, built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during World War I. She was named after the...
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    naval detachment, led by the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, on its way to land troops at Trondheim as part of the German invasion of Norway (Operation Weserübung)...
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    ship of her class of heavy cruisers (often termed pocket battleships) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. Ordered...
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    Wilhelm Meisel (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    torpedo boat flotilla and held several staff posts and commanded the German cruiser Karlsruhe in 1929. During World War II Meisel commanded a destroyer flotilla...
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    War I. The class comprised Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Emden, and Nürnberg, all of which were named after light cruisers lost earlier in the war. The ships were...
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  • Thumbnail for German cruiser Leipzig
    Leipzig was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers built by the German navy. She had one sister ship, Nürnberg. Leipzig was laid down in April 1928...
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    Günther Lütjens (category Articles containing German-language text)
    and a command of the cruiser Karlsruhe. By 1937, he had risen to the rank of Konteradmiral (rear admiral). During the 1939 German invasion of Poland, Lütjens...
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  • Thumbnail for List of light cruisers of Germany
    The German navies—specifically the Kaiserliche Marine, Reichsmarine, and Kriegsmarine—built a series of light cruisers between the 1890s and 1940s. The...
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    principally cruisers, stationed in the German colonial empire before the war began, express liners commissioned as auxiliary cruisers and later, freighters...
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  • German submarine U-64 was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered by them in July 1937. Her keel was laid...
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  • Thumbnail for List of cruisers of Germany
    Starting in the 1880s, the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) began building a series of cruisers. The first designs—protected and unprotected—were...
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  • Thumbnail for German cruiser Admiral Scheer
    Deutschland-class heavy cruiser (often termed a pocket battleship) which served with the Kriegsmarine (Navy) of Nazi Germany during World War II. The...
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    HMS Thistle (N24) (category Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II)
    Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched in October 1938. She was sunk by the German submarine U-4 on 10 April 1940 near Skudenes, Norway. At the onset of the...
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    MS Seattle (category Articles containing German-language text)
    Kristiansand. In fact they were Gruppe 4 of the German invasion force, led by the German cruiser Karlsruhe. The garrison of the Norwegian coastal defence...
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    also used to test high pressure steam turbine systems designed for the German destroyers. She took part in the invasion of Poland, laying mines off the...
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    6-inch guns, and before the German Pillau class, German light cruisers (such as the Magdeburg and Karlsruhe-class cruisers) were faster but maintained...
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  • Thumbnail for German cruiser Seydlitz
    Seydlitz was a heavy cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, fourth in the Admiral Hipper class, but was never completed. The ship was laid down in December...
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    Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle on Tyne, she was torpedoed and sunk by German destroyers in Narvik harbour on 9 April 1940. Built as part of the general...
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