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Regensburg

SMS Regensburg

Scuttled

Imperial German Navy

TypeLight cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 guns

Commodore Heinrich's flagship, leading the torpedo boats at Jutland.

Title: REGENSBURG Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Photo: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As built

  • 12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 guns
  • 2 × 50 cm torpedo tubes

After refit

  • 7 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns
  • 2 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
  • 120 mines

Armour

  • Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in)
  • Deck: 60 mm
  • Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)
BuilderAG Weser, Bremen
Laid down14 November 1912
Launched25 April 1914
Commissioned3 January 1915
DisplacementNormal: 4,912 t (4,834 long tons) Full load: 6,382 t (6,281 long tons)
Length142.70 m (468 ft 2 in)
Speed27.5 kn (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)

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

Career

Launched

25 April 1914

Battle of Jutland
Survived

31 May – 1 June 1916

Torpedo-boat leader

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled in Lorient, 1944