"CL Konigsberg" Topic

"The Königsberg class, sometimes referred to as the K class, was a class of light cruisers of the German Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine. The class comprised three ships named after German cities: Königsberg, Karlsruhe, and Köln, all built between 1926 and 1930. These ships were the first of the Reichsmarine with a modern cruiser design; their predecessor, Emden, was based on World War I-era designs. They were armed with a main battery of nine 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and with twelve 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes.

All three ships of the class were used extensively as training cruisers throughout the 1930s. They went on numerous overseas cruises and participated in the non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War in 1936–1939. After the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, the three ships laid defensive minefields in the North Sea. They all saw action in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway, in April 1940; Königsberg was damaged by Norwegian coastal guns outside Bergen and sunk by British bombers the following day. Karlsruhe was sunk by the British submarine HMS Truant; only Köln survived the attack on Norway.

After returning to Germany, Köln operated Flettner Fl 282 helicopters as an experiment. She provided gunfire support to German ground forces during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, and returned to Norway in 1942. Ultimately, she was sunk in Wilhelmshaven in March 1945 by American bombers. Her guns were still above water, which allowed her to support the defending German army against British ground forces until the final days of the war…"
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Armand

The picture is not of a "Konigsberg" class cruiser of WW2 but the WW1 "Konigsberg" with 10 x 10.5 cm (4.1") guns. She was the on the German East Africa station at the beginning of the WW1 and was blockaded by the Royal Navy in the Rufiji Delta. Eventually she was destroyed by gunfire from monitors Severn and Mersey.

Pontius is correct!

And many of her guns were removed, mounted on field carriages, and used by von Lettow-Vorbeck's GEA military forces to great effect.

Jim

My mistake boys.
Sorry for that.

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Armand

Mind you – German light cruisers of the 1900s are for me still some of the most beautiful warships ever – more Like Gentlemen's steam yachts than men-of-war

And that model looks lovely!

Glad you like it my friend!.

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Armand