Library of Congress. Photo made around 1907. Original link
Library of Congress. Photo published around 1909. Original link
Of the Bremen-class. Building ondered with as contract name “L”. Laid down at the AFG Weser Schiffswerft, Bremen, Germany in 1902. Launched on 9 July 1903, commissioned on 19 May 1905, visited the USA on several occasions between 1905 and 1909 and sunk after striking 2 Russian naval mines taken with her 250 men on 17 December 1915.
Displacement of 3.797 metric tons/3.737 long tons/4.185 (full combat load) and as dimensions 111,1 (over all) x 13,3 x 5,53 metres or 365 x 43.6 x 18.1 feet. The 2 triple expansion engines and 10 coal fired Marine type water tube boilers supplied 11.750 ihp allowing a speed of 22 knots and with a speed of 12 knots and a maximum coal bunker capacity of 860 tonnes/850 long tons a range of 4.270 nautical miles. The armour consisted of a 8cm/1.3” thick deck with the conning tower protected by 10cm/3.9“ and the guns were fitted out with 5cm/2“ thick shields. Her crew numbered 288 men. The armament consisted of 10x1-10,5cm /40 quick firing guns and 2-45cm/18” torpedo tubes (submerged in the sides).
