SMS Stuttgart
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Stuttgart |
| Namesake: | Stuttgart |
| Laid down: | 1905 |
| Launched: | 22 September 1906 |
| Commissioned: | 1 February 1908 |
| Struck: | 5 November 1919 |
| Fate: | Surrendered to Britain, 1920, scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Königsberg-class light cruiser |
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| Length: | 115.3 m (378 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.2 m (43 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.29 m (17.4 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Twin triple expansion engines, 13,200 ihp (9,800 kW) |
| Speed: | 24.1 knots (44.6 km/h; 27.7 mph) |
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SMS Stuttgart was a Königsberg-class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Stuttgart. She had three sister ships: Königsberg, Nürnberg, and Stettin. Stuttgart was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig in 1905, launched in September 1906, and commissioned in February 1908. Like her sisters, Stettin was armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and a pair of 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, and was capable of a top speed in excess of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph).
Stuttgart was used as a gunnery training ship from her commissioning to the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, when she was mobilized into the reconnaissance forces of the High Seas Fleet. There, she saw action at the Battle of Jutland, where she engaged the British cruiser HMS Dublin. Stuttgart was not damaged during the battle. She was converted into a seaplane tender in 1918, and after the end of the war, was surrendered to Britain as a war prize in 1920 and subsequently broken up for scrap.
Stuttgart was ordered under the contract name "O" and was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig in 1905. She was launched on 22 September 1906, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 1 February 1908. The ship was 115.3 meters (378 ft) long overall and had a beam of 13.2 m (43 ft) and a draft of 5.29 m (17.4 ft) forward. She displaced 3,814 t (3,754 long tons; 4,204 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two 3-cylinder triple expansion engines powered by eleven coal-fired Marine-type boilers. These provided a top speed of 24.1 knots (44.6 km/h; 27.7 mph) and a range of approximately 5,750 nautical miles (10,650 km; 6,620 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). Stuttgart had a crew of 14 officers and 308 enlisted men.
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