Emden

Scuttled

Type	Light cruiser
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns

The navy's first new cruiser after the First World War, mostly a training ship. With Blücher in the Oslofjord in April 1940. Damaged by bombs at Kiel and scuttled in May 1945.

The German light cruiser Emden heading up the Yangtse River, en route to Nanking, China, 1931. Photo: Photographed from USS Houston (CA-30) by St. Jacques, U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns
3 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 guns
4 × 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 50 mm (2 in)
Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in)
Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Laid down	8 December 1921
Launched	6 January 1925
Commissioned	15 October 1925
Displacement	Standard: 5,300 long tons (5,400 t) Full load: 6,990 long tons (7,100 t)
Length	155.1 m (508 ft 10 in)
Speed	29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Complement	19–30 officers 445–653 enlisted men

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

Career

Launched

6 January 1925

Battle of Drøbak Sound

Survived

9 April 1940

Turned back and landed her troops lower down the fjord

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled 3 May 1945, scrapped 1949