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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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