SMS Nürnberg (1906)

SMS Nürnberg (1906)

SMS "Nürnberg", named after the town of Nuremberg, was a German "Königsberg" class light cruiser of 3,450 tons laid down in 1905"The New Zealand Herald", September 3, 1914] and launched in 1907. The "Nürnberg's" design was similar in both size and appearance to the famous "Emden", differing mainly in its uneven funnel spacing. She was armed with ten convert|4.1|in|mm|sing=on guns, eight five pounders, four machine guns and two submerged torpedo tubes. Her top speed was convert|25|kn|km/h.

In August 1914 the "Nürnberg" arrived in Honolulu and was attached to the German Pacific Fleet.

In September 1914 the "Nürnberg" attacked the British Imperial cable station, on the All Red Line, at Fanning Island. [ [http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_line/fanning.htm Fanning Island, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati ] ]

Being a latecomer to the Battle of Coronel, "Nürnberg" found the drifting HMS "Monmouth" and finished her off with 75 shells at close range.

"Nürnberg" was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. While Admiral von Spee's armored cruisers SMS "Scharnhorst" and SMS "Gneisenau" were engaging with the British battlecruisers HMS "Invincible" and HMS "Inflexible" the three light cruisers of the German East Asia Squadron were ordered to seek to escape. "Nürnberg" was pursued by the larger and more powerful HMS "Kent". Although nominally faster, "Nürnberg's" engines were badly worn out, which enabled "Kent" to catch up with her. "Nürnberg" opened fire on "Kent" and scored several hits, but was unable to disable the British armored cruiser. After coming into range of her heavier but shorter-ranged guns, "Kent" eventually sank "Nürnberg", although suffering considerable damage herself.

Notes


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • SMS Nürnberg (1906) — Deutsches Reich SMS Nürnberg …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SMS Nürnberg (1906) — «Нюрнберг» SMS Nürnberg …   Википедия

  • SMS Nürnberg — Nach der fränkischen Stadt Nürnberg wurde mehrere Schiffe benannt. Darunter zwei der Kaiserlichen Marine: SMS Nürnberg ein 1905 08 erbauter Kleiner Kreuzer der ersten Königsberg Klasse SMS Nürnberg ein 1915 17 erbauter Kleiner Kreuzer der zweiten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SMS Gneisenau (1906) — Deutsches Reich Schiffsdaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SMS Nürnberg — There have been two ships in the German Imperial Navy named SMS Nürnberg :*SMS Nürnberg A Königsberg class light cruiser launched in 1906.*SMS Nürnberg A light cruiser from the second Königsberg class launched in 1916 …   Wikipedia

  • Nürnberg (Begriffsklärung) — Nürnberg steht für: die Stadt in Franken, siehe Nürnberg die mittelalterliche Burggrafschaft Nürnberg eine Gemeinde im Okres Olomouc, Tschechien; siehe Norberčany ein Dorf in der Gemeinde Tann (Niederbayern), siehe Nürnberg (Niederbayern) einen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SMS Scharnhorst — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda SMS Scharnhorst SMS Scharnhorst] Historial …   Wikipedia Español

  • SMS Leipzig (1905) — Deutsches Reich SMS Leipzig Baudaten Klasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SMS Scharnhorst — Deutsches Reich Schiffs …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SMS Stuttgart — Deutsches Reich Stettin Klasse aus Jane´s Baudaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”