The Magdeburg class of light cruisers was a group of four ships built for the Imperial German Navy. The class comprised SMS Magdeburg, the lead ship,...
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SMS Magdeburg ("His Majesty's Ship Magdeburg") was the lead ship of the Magdeburg class of light cruisers in the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy)...
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Magdeburg-class cruiser, a class of German Imperial Navy ships SMS Magdeburg, a German First World War light cruiser, and the lead ship of the class Magdeburg...
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The Cöln class of light cruisers was Germany's last class commissioned before her defeat in World War I. Originally planned to comprise ten ships, only...
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ships—SMS Karlsruhe and Rostock—were very similar to the previous Magdeburg-class cruisers, mounting the same armament and similar armor protection, though...
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SMS Breslau (redirect from Turkish cruiser Midilli)
SMS Breslau was a Magdeburg-class cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in the early 1910s and named after the Lower Silesian city of Breslau. Following...
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named Magdeburg after the city of Magdeburg, Germany: SMS Magdeburg, a Magdeburg-class light cruiser, launched 1911 SMS Magdeburg (1917) a Cöln-class cruiser...
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SMS Strassburg (redirect from Italian cruiser Taranto)
was a light cruiser of the Magdeburg class in the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). Her class included three other ships: Magdeburg, Breslau, and...
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The Kolberg class was a group of four light cruisers built for the German Imperial Navy and used during the First World War. The class comprised four vessels:...
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SMS Karlsruhe (redirect from Karlsruhe (German cruiser, 1912))
ship, SMS Rostock; the ships were very similar to the previous Magdeburg-class cruisers. The ship was laid down in 1911, launched in November 1912, and...
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SMS Stralsund (redirect from French armoured cruiser Mulhouse)
SMS Stralsund was a Magdeburg-class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine. Her class included three other ships: Magdeburg, Breslau, and Strassburg...
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as the Magdeburg and Karlsruhe-class cruisers) were faster but maintained a lighter 104 mm main armament compared to their British Town-class counterparts...
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AG Vulcan Stettin (section Cruisers)
for the Hellenic Royal Navy 1909, Magdeburg-class cruiser SMS Breslau for Kaiserliche Marine, became later Osman cruiser Midilli, sunk 1918 by mines 1907...
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was introduced in the Magdeburg class, which significantly improved the ships' defensive qualities. These forty-seven cruisers all saw action across the...
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The La Motte-Picquet class were a planned series of light cruisers for the French Navy and named after French admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la...
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SMS Rostock (category Karlsruhe-class cruisers)
ship, SMS Karlsruhe; the ships were very similar to the previous Magdeburg-class cruisers. The ship was laid down in 1911, launched in November 1912, and...
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of the 1920s were originally classed as light cruisers until the London Treaty forced their redesignation. Heavy cruisers continued in use until after...
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The Bayan class was a group of four armored cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy around the beginning of the 20th century. Two of the ships were...
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August Imperial German Navy Magdeburg Magdeburg-class cruiser 20 August Imperial German Navy Breslau Magdeburg-class cruiser 17 September United States...
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completed Magdeburg (cruiser): Magdeburg-class light cruiser, launched 1911 Magdeburg (1917): Cöln-class cruiser, launched 1917 Magdeburg, Krake-class minesweeper...
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The cruiser Bogatyr (Russian: Богаты́рь), launched 1901, was the lead ship of the Bogatyr class of four protected cruisers built between 1898 and 1907...
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Fleet during World War I where she captured codebooks from the German cruiser Magdeburg that had run aground during the first month of the war. The ship was...
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Spahi-class destroyer 13 May Germany AG Weser Bremen Magdeburg Magdeburg-class cruiser 16 May Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Breslau Magdeburg-class cruiser 25...
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light cruiser, Emden, in 1921, followed by five more light cruisers and three new heavy cruisers, the Deutschland class. A further five heavy cruisers—the...
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Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2015. "DEFG-class auxiliary minesweepers". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 28 June 2020. "WYP...
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recently received the German code books captured from the beached cruiser Magdeburg, was aware that an operation was taking place, but uncertain as to...
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1908/1911, Helgoland-class battleship SMS Ostfriesland 1910/1912, Magdeburg-class light cruiser SMS Strassburg 1911/1914, König-class battleship SMS König...
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their intentions before embarking on these raids; the German light cruiser Magdeburg had run aground in the Baltic in August 1914, and Russian forces had...
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Warship (section Types and classes)
way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck. Large cruiser is the class of the battlecruiser-sized Alaska-class cruisers of the United States...
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recently received the German code books captured from the beached cruiser Magdeburg, was aware that an operation was taking place, but was not sure where...
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