German cruiser Leipzig
Service
- as Leipzig8 October 1931 — July 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- Leipzig
- Namesake
- Leipzig
- Laid down
- 28 April 1928
- Launched
- 18 October 1929
- Commissioned
- 8 October 1931
- Fate
- Scuttled July 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 7,972 long tons (8,100 t)
- Length
- 177 m (580.7 ft)
- Beam
- 16.3 m (53.5 ft)
- Draught
- 5.69 m (18.7 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Range
- 3,900 nmi (7,223 km)
- Complement
- 534
- Main gun
- 150 mm (5.9 in)
Leipzig was a Leipzig-class cruiser of the Kriegsmarine. She was named for Leipzig. Her keel was laid on 28 April 1928. She entered service on 8 October 1931, having been launched on 18 October 1929.
She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the Königsberg-class cruiser and was succeeded by the M-class cruiser.
She displaced 7,972 long tons. She measured 177 m (581 ft) long with a beam of 16.3 m (53 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 534.
Her main battery was nine 150 mm (5.9 in) guns. Her belt armour was 50 mm (2.0 in) and her deck 30 mm. She carried two aircraft.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled in July 1946. 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 × steam turbines
- 4 × diesel engines
- 3 × screw propellers
- Power
- 6 × water-tube boilers
- 60000 PS (turbines)
- 12400 PS (diesels)
- Armament
- 9 × 15 cm SK C/25 guns
- 2 × 8.8 cm SK L/45 anti-aircraft guns
- 12 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt armor: 50 mm
- Deck: 30 mm
- Conning tower: 100 mm
- Aircraft
- 2 × Arado 196 floatplanes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German cruiser Leipzig on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: National Museum of the U.S. Navy — Lot-2275-77 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons