KRIEGSMARINE LIGHT CRUISERS
(Leichte Kreuzer)
The light cruisers Köln and Emden in the Baltic Sea in 1941.
Emden Class |
Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
EMDEN |
Marinewerft, Wilhelmshaven |
08.12.1921 |
07.01.1925 |
15.10.1925 |
Bombed in Kiel 14.04.1945 Scuttled 03.05.1945 |
"K" Class |
Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
KÖNIGSBERG |
Marinewerft, Wilhelmshaven |
12.04.1926 |
26.03.1927 |
17.04.1929 |
Bombed in Bergen 10.04.1940 |
KARLSRUHE |
Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
27.07.1926 |
20.08.1927 |
06.11.1929 |
Torpedoed south of Kristiansand 09.04.1940 |
KÖLN |
Marinewerft, Wilhelmshaven |
07.08.1926 |
23.05.1928 |
15.01.1930 |
Bombed in Wilhelmshaven 30.03.1945 Decommissioned 06.04.1945 |
Leipzig Class |
Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
LEIPZIG |
Marinewerft, Wilhelmshaven |
18.04.1928 |
18.10.1929 |
08.10.1931 |
Scuttled 16.12.1946 |
NÜRNBERG |
Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
04.11.1933 |
08.12.1934 |
02.11.1935 |
To USSR 1946 |
M Class |
Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
KREUZER M |
Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
01.11.1938 |
- |
(Planned for 01.05.1942) |
Scrapped on slip |
KREUZER N |
Kriegsarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven |
??.??.1938 |
- |
(Planned for 1942) |
Scrapped on slip |
KREUZER O |
Germaniawerft, Kiel |
10.03.1939 |
- |
(Planned for 1943) |
Scrapped on slip |
KREUZER P |
Germaniawerft, Kiel |
- |
- |
(Planned for 1943) |
Canceled |
KREUZER Q |
Schichau, Danzig |
- |
- |
(Planned for 1943) |
Canceled |
KREUZER R |
Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
- |
- |
(Planned for 01.04.1944) |
Canceled |
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