SMS Dresden (1907)

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 10 × 10.5 cm SK L/40 guns
2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
8 × 5.2 cm SK L/55 guns
gptkbp:beam 13.5 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Blohm_&_Voss
gptkbp:class gptkb:Dresden-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 14 November 1908
gptkbp:country gptkb:German_Empire
gptkbp:crew 361
gptkbp:date_scuttled 14 March 1915
gptkbp:displacement 3,664 tons
gptkbp:draught 5.53 m
gptkbp:fate scuttled
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SMS Dresden (1907)
gptkbp:laidDown 1906
gptkbp:launched 24 October 1907
gptkbp:length 118.3 m
gptkbp:location_scuttled Cumberland Bay, Más a Tierra (now Robinson Crusoe Island), Chile
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Dresden,_Germany
gptkbp:notableCommander Fregattenkapitän Fritz Lüdecke
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Coronel
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 triple-expansion steam engines
gptkbp:reason_for_scuttling to avoid capture by British forces
gptkbp:servicePeriod 1908–1915
gptkbp:sisterShip SMS Emden (1906)
gptkbp:speed 24 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Germaniawerft,_Kiel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6