Library of Congress. Photo made round 1909. Original link
Of the Dresden-class. Laid down at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany in 1906, launched on 5 October 1907, commissioned on 14 November 1908, active as commerce raider in the First World War, seek shelter at Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile with worn out engines and lacking coal and despite Chilean neutrality attacked by the British in the so-called Battle of Más a Tierra and scuttled by her own crew on 14 March 1915. Her wreck still exists lying on a depth of 70 metres/230 feet.
Displacement 4.258 tons/4.201 long tons and as dimensions 118,3 x 13,5 x 5,53 metres or 388.1 x 44.3 x 18.2 feet. Two Parsons steam turbines and 12 water tube boilers supplying 14.794 ship allowing a speed of 24 knots and a range of 3.600 nautical miles with a speed of 12 knots and a coal bunker capacity of 400 (normal)-900(maximum) tons. Her crew numbered 361 men. The Krupp manufactured armour consisted of 1 8cm/3.1” thick deck, with the conning tower protected by 10cm/3.9” thick armour and the guns fitted out with 5cm/2” thick shields as protection. Her armament consisted of 10x1-10,5cm/4.1” L/40 quick firing guns, 8x-5,2cm/2.) L/55 quick firing guns and 2-45cm/17.7” torpedo tubes.
