D.K.M. Nürnberg
1940
(Neptun 1040)
- Class: Nürnberg - 1 light cruiser of 1933
- Displacement: 6,980 tons
- Dimensions: 558 (wl) 594 (oa) x 54 x 16.5 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 66,000 plus 1-shaft diesel, B.H.P. 12,400 for cruising = 32 knots
- Protection: Side 3-4 in., turrets 2 in., C.T. 3 in.
- Armament: 9-5.9 in. (3x3), 8-3.5 in. A.A. (4x2), 8-37 mm. A.A. (4x2) guns; 12-21 in. (4x3) T.T.; 2 aircraft
- Complement: 896
- Builder: Deutsche Werke, Kiel
- Laid Down: 4 Nov 1933
- Launched: 8 Dec 1934
- Completed: 2 Nov 1935
- Actions: Reconnaissance Forces; Non Intervention Patrol in Spanish Civil War. Mining operations in North Sea, Sep 1939, then to Norwegian waters. Fleet training Squadron and mining service in Baltic. Operations in support of army and transporting refugees from East, 1944-45. Surrendered at Copenhagen, 9 May 1945. To U.S.S.R. at Libau, 5 Jan 1946. Incorporated in Russian Navy as Admiral Makarov. Scrapped 1959.
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