SMS Lübeck
Light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SMS Lübeck ("His Majesty's Ship Lübeck")[lower-alpha 1] was the fourth of seven Bremen-class cruisers of the Imperial German Navy, named after the city of Lübeck. She was begun by AG Vulcan Stettin in Stettin in 1903, launched in March 1904 and commissioned in April 1905. Armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, Lübeck was capable of a top speed of 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph).
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German Empire | |
Name | Lubeck |
Laid down | 12 May 1903 |
Launched | 26 March 1904 |
Commissioned | 26 April 1905 |
Stricken | 5 November 1919 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1922–1923 |
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Class and type | Bremen-class light cruiser |
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Length | Length overall: 111.1 meters (365 ft) |
Beam | 13.3 m (43.6 ft) |
Draft | 5.4 m (17.7 ft) |
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Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
Range | 3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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Lübeck served with the High Seas Fleet for the first decade of her career, and after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, she was transferred to the Baltic Sea to defend Germany's coast from potential Russian attacks. She saw extensive service in the first three years of the war, during which time she participated in the seizure of Libau and was attacked by Allied submarines on two occasions. She struck a mine in 1916 but was repaired; in 1917, she was withdrawn for secondary duties. She survived the war, and was ceded to the British as a war prize in 1920, and subsequently broken up for scrap.