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Wednesday, 1 April 2026

German light cruiser SMS Stuttgart 1905-1920

Königsberg-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com



Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany. Appareance as seaplane tender

Part of Königsberg-class preceded by Bremen-class succeeded by Dresden-class. Ordered under contract name “O” authorized under the 1900 Naval Law. Laid down by Imperial Dockuard, Danzig, Germany on 1 November 1905, launched on 22 September 1906, commissioned on 1 February 1908, gunnery training ship in 1914, converted into a seaplane tender in 1918, stricken on 5 November 1919, surrendered as a warprize to the United Kingdom in 1920 and broken up. 

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