German cruiser Nürnberg
Service
- as Nürnberg2 November 1935 — 19452,193 days of the war
- as Admiral Makarov (Адмирал Макаров)19 December 1945 — 1959
- Name
- Nürnberg
- Namesake
- City of Nuremberg
- Ordered
- 1933
- Laid down
- 1934
- Launched
- 6 December 1934
- Commissioned
- 2 November 1935
- Fate
- Scrapped 1959 or 1960 (1959)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 8,897 long tons (9,040 t)
- Length
- 181.3 m (594.8 ft)
- Beam
- 16.3 m (53.5 ft)
- Draught
- 5.74 m (18.8 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Range
- 3,900 nmi (7,223 km)
- Complement
- 673
- Main gun
- 150 mm (5.9 in)
Nürnberg was a Leipzig-class cruiser, operated by the Kriegsmarine. The ship was named after City of Nuremberg. Her keel was laid in 1934. She entered service on 2 November 1935, having been launched on 6 December 1934.
Two ships of the class were built. The class followed the Königsberg-class cruiser and was succeeded by the M-class cruiser.
Displacement was 8,897 long tons. She measured 181.3 m (595 ft) long with a beam of 16.3 m (53 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 673.
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 served with the Kriegsmarine as Nürnberg until 1945. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as Admiral Makarov (Адмирал Макаров) from 19 December 1945. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1959.
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
- 8 × 8.8 cm SK C/32 guns
- 8 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 guns
- 8 × 2 cm guns
- 12 × 53.3 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 Nürnberg on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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