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SMS Breslau |
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Midilli |
Name: |
Breslau Midilli (Aug. 16, 1914) |
Type: |
Light Cruiser |
Class: |
Magdeburg |
Number in Class: |
4 |
Sister Ships: |
Magdeburg / Stralsund / Strassburg |
Built By: |
A. G . Vulcan Stettin, Germany |
Awarded: |
N/A |
Keel Laid Down: |
1910 |
Launched: |
May 16, 1911 |
Commissioned: |
May 10, 1912 (Germany) August 16, 1914 (Turkey) |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
January 20, 1918 Sunk by mines off Imbros Island with the loss of 330 of her crew. |
Dimensions |
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Length: |
455' |
Beam: |
43' 6" |
Draft: |
16' 7" |
Displacement: |
4,550 standard 5,100 full |
Engines: |
2 x turbines by Vulcan |
SHP: |
33,482 |
Boilers: |
4 |
Screws: |
2 |
Speed: |
27.5 knots |
Range: |
5,820 NM @ 12 knots |
Crew: |
370 |
Armament |
Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Range |
Up to 12 |
15cm (5.9") /45 |
Single mounts |
19,250 yards (10.9 miles) |
Up to 12 |
10.5cm (4.1") / 45 |
Single Mounts |
13,890 yards (7.8 miles) 27,000' Ceiling |
2 |
19" Torpedo tubes |
Surface |
9,190 yards @ 27 knots (5.2 miles) 3,830 yards @ 35 knots (2.1 miles) |
120 |
Mines |
Note: Sources are unclear about the exact number of guns carried and arrangements were changed at least twice. |
| Combat Victories |
Date
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Name |
Type |
Tons
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Nationality
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Notes |
Jan. 20, 1918 |
HMS M-28 |
Monitor |
UK |
Assisted |
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Jan. 20, 1918 |
HMS Raglan |
Monitor |
6,150 |
UK |
Assisted |
Commanders |
May 1912 |
May 1913 |
Klitzing |
May 1913 |
Apr. 1913 |
Loewnfeld |
Apr. 1913 |
Sept. 1913 |
Klitzing |
Sept. 1913 |
Jan. 1915 |
Kettner |
Jan. 1915 |
Feb. 1915 |
Madlung |
Feb. 1915 |
Aug. 1915 |
Klitzing |
Aug. 1915 |
July 1917 |
Knorr |
July 1917 |
Jan. 1918 |
Hippel |
Class Overview |
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