An item reported that on 28 August the 14th Convoy would depart for Rosyth. It included the former German light cruisers SMS Augsburg (1) and Lübeck (2) and former the destroyers T 161-162, and 173 and A 45-46, 48, 53, 65, 69, 74 and 78. The 15th Convoy was probably to depart on 9 September for Rosyth. It included the cruisers Stettin (3) and Danzig (4) and the destroyers T 165 and 176 and A 34-34, 37-38, 4, 49, 52, 54, 87 and 92 and 9 tugs.
Notes
1. Of the Kolberg-class light cruisers, preceded by Dresden-class, succeeded by Magdeburg-class, laid down by Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1908, launched on 10 July 1909, commissioned on 1 November 1910, ceded as war prize ‘Y’ to Japan on 3 September 1920, not to be used and broken up at Dordrecht, Netherlands in 1922.
2. Of the Bremen-class light cruisers, preceded by Gazelle-class, succeeded by Königsberg-class, laid down by AG Vulcan, Stettin with yard number 260 on 12 May 1903, launched on 26 March 1904, commissioned on 26 April 1905, stricken on 5 November 1919, ceded to the United Kingdom as war prize ‘P’ on 3 September 1920, sold to be broken up in 1922 and executed in 1923 in Germany.
3. Part of Königsberg-class light cruisers, preceded by Bremen-class, succeeded by Dresden-class, laid down by AG Vulkan, Stettin, Germany in 1906, launched on 7 March 1907, commissioned on 29 October 1907, stricken on 5 November 1919, ceded to the United Kingdom as wa rprize ‘T’ on 15 September 1920 and broken up in Denmark in 1921-1923.
4. Of the Bremen-class light cruisers, preceded by Gazelle-class, succeeded by Königsberg-class, laid down by Danziger Werft as Ersatz Alexandrine in 1904, launched on 23 September 1905, commissioned on 1 December 1907, stricken on5 November 1919, surrendered to the United Kingdom as the war prize ‘R’ on 15 September 1920 and scrapped at Whitby between 1921-1922.
Source
The National Archives CAB 24-111-18
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