Köln was a light cruiser, the third member of the Königsberg class that was operated between 1929 and March 1945, including service in World War II. She...
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Kolberg-class light cruiser SMS Cöln (1916) (1918–1919), a Cöln-class light cruiser German cruiser Köln (1930–1945), a Königsberg-class light cruiser Köln (1961–1982)...
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Cöln-class cruiser German cruiser Köln (1930–1945), a Königsberg-class cruiser German frigate Köln (F220) (1961–1982), a F120 Köln-class frigate German frigate Köln (F211)...
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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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light cruisers of the German Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine. The class comprised three ships named after German cities: Königsberg, Karlsruhe, and Köln, all...
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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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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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light cruisers Köln, Leipzig, and Nürnberg, and several destroyers, torpedo boats and mine sweepers, the Lithuanian government accepted the German ultimatum...
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Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2002). German Light Cruisers of World War II: Emden, Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, Nürnberg. Annapolis: Naval Institute...
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light cruiser, launched 1916, scuttled 1919 German cruiser Karlsruhe, 7,200 ton Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1927 sunk 1940 German frigate Karlsruhe (F223)...
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was the lead ship of the Admiral Hipper class of heavy cruisers which served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was laid down...
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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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Fighter-bomber (section Germany)
ship started to sink, electric power failed, dooming the ship. The German cruiser Köln had departed during the night. With the failing of the Hawker Henley...
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Flettner Fl 282 (category 1940s German military reconnaissance aircraft)
including repeated takeoffs and landings from a pad mounted on the German cruiser Köln. The first two "A" series prototypes had enclosed cockpits; all subsequent...
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the following German naval ships that were named after the town of Emden on the Ems River: SMS Emden (1908), a Dresden-class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche...
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number of German vessels have been named Lübeck for the city of Lübeck: SMS Lübeck, a Bremen-class cruiser of the Imperial German Navy. German frigate Lübeck (F224)...
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Heinz Neukirchen (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
News. Neukirchen began service in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in 1935. As a crewmember of the German cruiser Köln Neukirchen served in the Spanish Civil...
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(1916), a light cruiser in the German navy German cruiser Emden German frigate Emden (F221), a Köln-class frigate of the German Navy German frigate Emden...
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Kriegsmarine (redirect from German War Navy)
warships of the German fleet were sent to the region. The heavy cruisers Deutschland and Admiral Scheer, and the light cruiser Köln were the first to...
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1999 Köln (cruiser): 7,200 ton Königsberg-class light cruiser, launched 1928 Köln (F220): Köln-class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1961 to 1982 Köln (F211):...
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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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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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Rudolf Asmis (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
to 1911, Asmis served as a District Officer in Togoland, a German protectorate within German West Africa and was commissioned by the Reichstag to investigate...
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Komet (German for comet) (HSK-7) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, intended for service as a commerce raider...
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Franz Maria Liedig (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
Athens. In February 1944 he was removed as the First Officer of the German cruiser Köln in Oslo. After von Dohnanyi, Oster and Canaris were arrested by the...
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Operation Herbstreise (category German World War II stubs)
Operation Herbstreise (Autumn Journey in German) was a planned series of deception operations to support the German invasion of the United Kingdom (Operation...
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8.8 cm SK C/25 naval gun (category Articles containing German-language text)
light cruisers with the weapon, and also the new heavy cruiser (Panzerschiff) Deutschland. The first ship to receive the new guns was the light cruiser Köln...
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Theodor Burchardi (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
At the beginning of the Second World War, Köln was in the Baltic Sea. Burchardi relinquished command of Köln on January 14, 1940 and was appointed chief...
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Theodor Detmers (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Detmers (22 August 1902 – 4 November 1976) was a German naval officer and captain of the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran during World War II. He was a recipient...
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