SMS Dresden

Scuttled

Type	Light cruiser
War	First World War
Main guns	10 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 guns

The only German ship to escape the Falklands. Hid among the Chilean fjords until March 1915, when Kent and Glasgow caught her at Más a Tierra and her crew scuttled her.

German Light cruiser SMS Dresden passing through the Kiel Canal under the Levensau High Bridge. Photo: Adam Cuerden, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

10 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 guns
8 × 5.2 cm (2 in) SK L/55 guns
2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in)
Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)
Gun shields: 50 mm (2 in)

Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Laid down	1906
Launched	5 October 1907
Commissioned	14 November 1908
Displacement	Normal: 3,664 t (3,606 long tons) Full load: 4,268 t (4,201 long tons)
Length	118.3 m (388 ft 1 in)
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	18 officers 343 enlisted men

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

Career

Launched

5 October 1907

Battle of Coronel

Survived

1 November 1914

Battle of the Falkland Islands

Escaped

8 December 1914

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled off Robinson Crusoe Island, 14 March 1915