SMS Emden (1908)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 10 × 10.5 cm SK L/40 guns
2 × 45 cm torpedo tubes
2 × 5.2 cm SK L/55 guns
gptkbp:awards Emden crew received special clasp to Iron Cross
gptkbp:beam 13.5 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kaiserliche_Werft_Danzig
gptkbp:class gptkb:Dresden-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 10 July 1909
gptkbp:country gptkb:German_Empire
gptkbp:crew 361
gptkbp:displacement 3,364 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 5.53 m
gptkbp:fate beached and destroyed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SMS Emden (1908)
gptkbp:laidDown 1906
gptkbp:launched 26 May 1908
gptkbp:legacy Emden crew formed Seeadler detachment
gptkbp:length 118.3 m
gptkbp:locationSunk North Keeling Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
gptkbp:namedAfter Emden (city in Germany)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Karl_von_Müller
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Cocos
commerce raiding in Indian Ocean during WWI
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2-shaft triple-expansion steam engines
gptkbp:range 3,760 nautical miles at 12 knots
gptkbp:speed 24.1 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:SMS_Emden_(1916)
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:HMAS_Sydney
9 November 1914
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Germaniawerft,_Kiel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6