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Tuesday, 9 February 2016

German cruiser SMS Frauenlob launched according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1902-1903 no. 5

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An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht reporting the launching of the German 4th class cruiser build as “G” and now christened Frauenlob. Dimensions 100 (between perpendiculars) x 11,80 x 4,90 metres and a displacement of 2.650 ton. She was divided in 15 watertight compartments. Armour consisted of a 3,7-5cm thick deck. Two vertical triple expansion engines supplied 6.000 with natural and 8.000 with forced draft allowing a speed of 21,5 knots. With an economic speed and the coal bunker capacity of 550 ton was the range 5.000 nautical miles. Her crew numbered 250 men. The armament consisted of 10-10,5cm guns, 14-3,7cm guns, 4 machineguns and 2 submerged torpedo launchers on the broadside.(1)

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1. Of the Gazelle-class. Building ordered in summer 1901, laid down at the AG Weser dockyard, Bremen, Germany with yard number 132 in 1901, launched on 22 March 1902, commissioned on 17 February 1903 and torpedoed and sunk at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.