SMS Emden (1909)

SMS Emden (1909) History

Before the First World War (1914-1918), the German Imperial Navy planned (and eventually built) two Dresden-class battleships. These are mid-sized light cruiser battleships with true armored cruiser protection. The course consists of SMS Dresden herself and her sister SMS Emden. The SMS Emden was laid by the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig on 1 November 1906 and launched on 26 May 1908.

On July 10, 1909, she officially entered service.

has been built. The warship displaces 4,270 tons, measures 388 feet long, 44.2 feet wide, and has a draft of 18 feet. Installed power comes from 12 water tube boilers, providing 2 shafts for 2 triple expansion steam engines of 13,500 hp (this is lower than the 15,000 hp produced by SMS Dresden).

Ideal conditions reach speeds of 23.5 knots and range up to 4,330 miles.

The silhouette of the boat contains three smoke funnels forward amidships. These were supported by masts, and the general approach to warship design was traditional at the time. Internally, it has a staff of 361, including 18 officers.

Armor protection includes 3.1 inches of plates on the deck, nearly 4 inches on the conning tower and 2 inches on the gun mantlet.

Armament consists of 10 x 10.5 cm (105 mm, 4.1 in) SK L/40 main gun and 8 x 5.2 cm (52 ??mm, 2 in) secondary gun. Carry 2 x 45 cm (450 mm, 17.7 in) torpedo tubes for long-range surface warfare - a common practice for warships at the time.

SMS Emden was stationed with the German East Asia Squadron from Qingdao (China) for most of its voyages. When World War I broke out in Europe in the summer of 1914, Emden quickly relocated to capture an enemy Russian ship (refitted to become the German Navy Bandit "Cormoran").

From there, she was deployed to the Indian Ocean to find and attack enemy ships in the region. Since then, she has claimed over twenty enemy ships.

On October 28, 1914, she participated in the Battle of Penang against the combined Russian-French fleet. The battle ended with a German victory, the Russians lost a protected cruiser (Zhemchug) and the French a destroyer (Mousquet). There were no German casualties in the operation.

The warship was then positioned off the coast of the Cocos Islands in northwestern Australia to attack British positions. On 9 November 1914 she was attacked by the Allied cruiser HMAS Sydney, which caused considerable damage to Emden.

This forced the German warship to run aground to rescue her and her crew. The ship eventually underwent a major overhaul, but over time it was submerged. In the 1950s, parts of the ship were scrapped on site by Japan, while the rest of the warship was scattered on the seabed.

In 1916, the German warship SMS Emden reused the name Emden (detailed elsewhere on this page).

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