SMS Karlsruhe (1929)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 9 × 15 cm SK C/25 guns
12 × 50 cm torpedo tubes
4 × 8.8 cm anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:beam 15.2 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Deutsche_Werke,_Kiel
gptkbp:causeOfLoss torpedoed by British submarine HMS Truant
gptkbp:class Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)
gptkbp:commissioned 6 November 1929
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:crew 514
gptkbp:displacement 7,700 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 6.28 meters
gptkbp:fate sunk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SMS Karlsruhe (1929)
gptkbp:hullNumber Cruiser E
gptkbp:launched 20 August 1927
gptkbp:length 174 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Karlsruhe
gptkbp:notableEvent participated in Operation Weserübung
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Reichsmarine
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 9 April 1940
off Kristiansand, Norway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Germaniawerft,_Kiel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6