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Augsburg

SMS Augsburg

Survived

Imperial German Navy

TypeLight cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns12 × 4.1″ guns

Commodore von Karpf's flagship at Gotland, which escaped the Russian cruisers.

SMS Augsburg at anchor 4 August 1914 Photo: Adolph Menzendorf, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 12 × 1 – 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns
  • 2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in)
  • Gun shields: 50 mm (2 in)
  • Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)
Laid down22 August 1908
Launched10 July 1909
Commissioned1 October 1910
DisplacementNormal: 4,362 metric tons (4,293 long tons) Full load: 4,882 t (4,805 long tons)
Length130.50 m (428 ft 2 in)
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement367

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

10 July 1909

2 July 1915

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 1922