Laid down as the German light cruiser Strassburg (ersatz Condor) of the Magdeburg-class in 1910 at the Kaiserliche Werft at Wilhelmshaven, launched on 24 August 1911, commissioned on 9 October 1912, ceded to Italy in 1920 and there commissioned as the Taranto, in the Second World War scuttled by her own crew, salvaged by German forces, sunk during an Allied air attack in October 1943, for the second time salvaged by the German and again sunk during an Allied air attack in September a year later. After the war was she between 1946 and 1947 broken up. With a displacement of 4.570 tons/4.500 long tons (in 1930 reported 4.550 (normal)-5,100 (full load tons)) were her dimensions 138,7 x 13,5 x 4,4 metres or 455’1” x 44’3”x 14’5” The two Vulcan steam turbines and 16 coal-fired (later oil) supplied 25.000 shp (design)-33.482 (trials) shp allowing a speed of 24 (in Italian service)-27,5 knots and with a coal bunker capacity pf 1.200 tonnes coal and 104 tonnes oil was with a speed of 12 knots her range 5.820 nautical miles. In Italian service was her coal bunker capacity 880 (normal)-1.330 (maximum) tons. The armament consisted of 12x1-10,5cm guns, 2-19.7” submerged torpedo tubes and could carry with her 120 mines. In 1930 was reported that her armament consisted of 7-5.9”guns, 2-7,6cm anti aircraft guns, 2 surfaced torpedo tubes, 120 mines and 3 machine guns. The armour consisted of a 6cm/2.4” thick belt with the conning tower protected by 10cm/3.9” thick armour. The crew numbered 354 (German)-415 (Italian) men.
