Bremen class cruiser
Encyclopedia
The Bremen class also referred to as the Hamburg class was a group of seven light cruiser
s built for the German Imperial Navy
and used during the First World War.
Light cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...
s built for the German Imperial Navy
Kaiserliche Marine
The Imperial German Navy was the German Navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire. It existed between 1871 and 1919, growing out of the small Prussian Navy and Norddeutsche Bundesmarine, which primarily had the mission of coastal defense. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded...
and used during the First World War.
Ships in class
- SMS BremenSMS BremenSMS Bremen was a light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine. She saw service in the Baltic Sea in the World War I and was sunk by a Russian mine near Vindava on 17 December 1915.-See also:...
(1903) - SMS Berlin (1902)
- SMS Lübeck (1903)
- SMS HamburgSMS HamburgThe SMS Hamburg was a Bremen class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Hamburg. She was begun by AG Vulcan Stettin in Stettin in 1902, launched on 25 July 1903 and commissioned on 8 March 1904....
(1904) - SMS München (1905)
- SMS LeipzigSMS LeipzigSMS Leipzig was a Bremen class light cruiser, of the German Imperial Navy. It was named after the German city of Leipzig.The ship was stationed off the west coast of Mexico at the outbreak of war in 1914...
(1905) - SMS DanzigSMS Danzig (1905)The SMS Danzig was a light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine. She was the last ship of the Bremen class. The ship saw extensive service during World War I. She was named after Gdańsk, a city which at the time was part of Imperial Germany....
(1905)
Literature
- Erwin Strohbusch: Kriegsschiffbau seit 1848. Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven 1984.
- Erich Gröner, Dieter Jung und Martin Maass: Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945 Band 1. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, München 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8.