S.M.S. Elbing
1917
(Navis 44aN)
- Class: Elbing - 2 light cruisers of 1912
- Displacement: 4,400 tons
- Dimensions: 444 x 45 x 17.5 ft.
- Machinery: Turbines, 2 screws. S.H.P. 30,000 = 27.5 knots
- Armor: Deck 3 in.
- Armament: 8-5.9 in., 2-3.4 in. A.A.; 2-19.7 in. T.T., 120 mines
- Complement: 442
- Builder: Schichau, Danzig
- Laid Down: 1913
- Launched: 21 Nov 1914
- Completed: 1 Sep 1915
- Service: Laid down for Russia as Admiral Nevelski; nearing completion when war broke out and taken over by Germany and renamed Elbing. Damaged at Jutland 31 May 1916 and then sunk overnight after collision with battleship Posen. Sister Pillau ceded to Italy in 1921 and renamed Bari, serving into World War II.
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