S. M. S. Emden

Name: Emden
Namesake: City of Emden
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
Laid down: 1 November 1906
Launched: 26 May 1908
Commissioned: 10 July 1909
Fate: Disabled by HMAS Sydney and grounded off the Cocos Islands, 9 November 1914
General characteristics
Class and type: Dresden-class cruiser
Displacement: 4,268 t (4,201 long tons)
Length: 118.3 m (388 ft 1 in)
Beam: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draft: 5.53 m (18 ft 2 in)
Installed power:
13,315 ihp (9,929 kW)
12 water-tube boilers
Propulsion: 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 23.5 kn (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)
Range: 3,760 nmi (6,960 km; 4,330 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:
18 officers
343 enlisted men
Armament:
10 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 guns
8 × 5.2 cm (2.0 in) SK L/55 SK L/55 guns
2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:
Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in)
Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)
Gun shields: 50 mm (2.0 in)
SMS Emden ("His Majesty's Ship Emden")[a] was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Named for the town of Emden, she was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Dockyard) in Danzig in 1906. Her hull was launched in May 1908, and completed in July 1909. She had one sister ship, Dresden. Like the preceding Königsberg-class cruisers, Emden was armed with ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and two torpedo tubes.