Germany continued building small cruisers in 1905 according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1905-1906 no. 3

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An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau reporting that the three small German cruisers Ersatz Meteor [Königsberg], Ersatz Alexandrine [Danzig] and “N” [Leipzig] were to become sister ships of the already existing Bremen, München and Hamburg although being improved with the latest developments. The “N” was to be launched in the first half of 1905, the two others in the last half year with trials in 1906 and 1907. After the delivery of the Lübeck. München and Berlin was this year no further increase of smaller cruisers to be expected. In begin summer 1905 were the “O” [Stuttgart], Ersatz Wacht [Stettin] and Ersatz Blitz [Nürnberg] to be laid down.