SMS Breslau. Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany
Sister ship SMS Magdeburg. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Magdeburg light cruisers precededby Kolberg-class succeeded by Karlsruhe-class. Ordered under contract name “Ersatz Falke”. Laid down by A.G. Vulcan, Stettin, Germany in 1910, launched on 16 May 1911, commissiond on 10 May 1912, purchased by the Ottoman Empire on 16 August 1914, renamed Midilli and mined and sunk off Imbros on 20 January 1918.
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