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Stettin

SMS Stettin

Survived

Imperial German Navy

TypeLight cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns10 × 4.1″ guns

Damaged at Heligoland Bight.

The German light cruiser SMS Stettin during the visit of a German navy squadron (battlecruiser SMS Moltke, light cruisers SMS Bremen and SMS Stettin) to the U.S. in 1912. The cage masts visible aft belong to a U.S. ship anchored behind Stettin. Photo: Harris & Ewing, photographer., 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 guns
  • 2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in)
  • Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)
BuilderAG Vulcan, Stettin
Laid down1906
Launched7 March 1907
Commissioned29 October 1907
DisplacementNormal: 3,480 t (3,430 long tons) Full load: 3,822 t (3,762 long tons)
Length115.3 m (378 ft)
Speed24 knots (44.4 km/h; 27.6 mph)
Complement14 officers 308 enlisted men

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

Career

Launched

7 March 1907

28 August 1914

31 May – 1 June 1916

4th Scouting Group flagship

Fate

Survived

Ceded to Britain 1920, scrapped in 1921–1923