German cruiser Köln
Königsberg-class cruiser (1927) light cruiser
Service
- as Köln15 January 1930 — 30 March 19452,035 days of the war
- Name
- Köln
- Builder
- Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
- Launched
- 23 May 1928
- Commissioned
- 15 January 1930
- Fate
- Sunk by American aircraft on 30 March 1945
By aircraft (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 7,700 long tons (7,824 t)
- Length
- 174 m (570.9 ft)
- Beam
- 15.3 m (50.2 ft)
- Draught
- 6.28 m (20.6 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Range
- 5,700 nmi (10,556 km)
- Complement
- 514
- Main gun
- 150 mm (5.9 in)
Köln was a Königsberg-class cruiser (1927) light cruiser in service with the Kriegsmarine. She was built by Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven. Launched on 23 May 1928, she entered service on 15 January 1930.
Displacement was 7,700 long tons. She measured 174 m (571 ft) long with a beam of 15.3 m (50 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 514.
Her main battery was nine 150 mm (5.9 in) guns. Her belt armour was 50 mm (2.0 in) and her deck 40 mm. Her machinery developed 65,000 shp.
She was in commission for 2,035 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 30 March 1945 by aircraft. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × MAN 10-cylinder diesel engines
- 4 × geared steam turbines
- 2 screw propellers
- Power
- 6 × water-tube boilers
- 65000 shp
- Armament
- 9 × 15 cm SL C/25 guns
- 2 × 8.8 cm SK L/45 anti-aircraft guns
- 12 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
- 120 mines
- Armour
- Belt: 50 mm
- Deck: 40 mm
- Conning tower: 100 mm
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German cruiser Köln on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 98268 (cropped) from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons