D.K.M. Emden
1939
(Neptun 1045)
- Class: Emden - 1 light cruiser of 1921
- Displacement: 5,600 tons
- Dimensions: 493 (wl) 508 (oa) x 47 x 17.5 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, 46,000 SHP = 29 knots
- Armor: Belt 1.5in, deck 0.75-1.5in, gunshields 2in, CT 2-4in
- Armament: 8-5.9in (8x1), 3-3.5in AA (3x1), 4-20mm AA (4x1) guns; 4-21in (2x2) TT
- Complement: 630
- Builder: Wilhelmshaven D.Y.
- Laid Down: 8 Dec 1921
- Launched: 7 Jan 1925
- Completed: 15 Oct 1925
- Actions: From 1926 made 9 foreign cruises as training ship; Sep 39 Minelaying operations; 9 Apr 40 Norwegian Campaign, then Mining Training Ship; Fleet Training Squadron in Baltic and operations in support of army against Russia; Jan 45 used to evacuate coffin of Field Marshal von Hindenburg from Konigsberg, after its removal from Tannenberg Memorial, in face of Russian army advances; Apr 45 damaged by bombing attack at Kiel; Scuttled; Broken up, 1949.
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