CL - SMS Dresden (1917)

SMS Dresden


ship type: light cruiser
ship class: cöln


built by shipyard: Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Launched: 1916
Completed: March 1918


overall length: 155.5 metres
Length at waterline: 149.8 metres
width: 14.2 metres
draught: 6.22 metres
standard displacement: 5 620 tonnes
full displacement: 7 486 tonnes


propulsion: 2 shafts driven by a 31 000 hp turbine
speed: 27.5 knots
achieved the following results during the exercise: 49 428 hp, 27.8 knots


Armour: up to 50 mm deck and belt


Armament:
Main
8 guns 150 mm, type 15 cm SK L/45
3 guns 88 mm
torpedo tubes
4 600 mm torpedo tubes
other
200 min
Crew: 559 men


Service:
II. reconnaissance group. After the war interned in Scapa Flow and sunk.
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