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{{Short description|Class of German light cruisers}} ...ag |year=1994 |isbn=978-3-7909-0507-6 |location= |language=de |trans-title=Cruisers "Nürnberg" and "Leipzig" |ref={{sfnRef|Breyer}}}} ...

...k force had been assembled to cover the landings, which included the light cruisers [[German cruiser Emden|''Emden'']], [[German cruiser Köln|''Köln'']] and [[ ...

...commerce protection. The ships were also referred to as '''County class''' cruisers as they carried the names of British [[county|counties]]. ...s was armed with fourteen 6-inch guns at a time when most British armoured cruisers also carried at least a pair of 9.2-inch guns: Four of the guns were mounte ...

...he East Asia Squadron. {{lang|de|Leipzig}} was chased down and sunk by the cruisers {{HMS|Glasgow|1909|6}} and {{HMS|Cornwall|1902|6}}; the majority of her cre ...anied {{lang|de|Leipzig}} on the trip. In June, she joined the rest of the cruisers of the squadron for a tour of northern ports in the region. In the first ha ...

{{Short description|Planned class of German light cruisers}} The '''M-class cruisers''' were a class of [[light cruiser]]s planned, but never built, by [[Nazi G ...

...{{convert|535|LT|t}} of [[coal]] for fuel. With full bunkers of coal, the cruisers had a range of {{convert|8000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}}.<ref name=ch ...where flat and {{convert|2|in|mm|adj=on}} armoured deck where sloped. The cruisers had a {{convert|5|in|mm|adj=on|0}} armoured [[glacis]] over the hatch where ...

...rst decade of the 20th century. The ships were also known as the '''County Cruisers''' (each being named after a British county). ...orce and were individually more powerful; they sank Cradock's two armoured cruisers in the [[Battle of Coronel]]. ''Monmouth'' was lost with all hands. ...

{{Short description|Leipzig-class cruiser}} {{for|the cruisers of the Imperial Navy|SMS Nürnberg}} ...

...e rear, under steam) leaving [[Valparaíso]] harbour in Chile, with Chilean cruisers in the foreground]] ...ught the large cruisers {{SMS|Hansa|1898|6}}, SMS ''Hertha'' and the small cruisers {{SMS|Gefion}} and SMS ''Irene'' before the Taku Forts (together with warsh ...

| strength1 = 2 battlecruisers<br/>3 armoured cruisers<br/>2 light cruisers<br/>1 armed merchant cruiser<br/>1 grounded pre-dreadnought | strength2 = 2 armoured cruisers<br/>3 light cruisers<br/>3 transport ships ...

{{Short description|Class of 1920s German light cruisers}} {{About|the class of cruisers built before World War II||Königsberg-class cruiser (disambiguation){{!}}Kö ...

...the [[protected cruiser]] {{HMCS|Niobe}}, which had also run aground. Both cruisers were refloated and ''Cornwall'' was repaired at [[CFB Halifax|His Majesty's ...und to buy time by engaging the battlecruisers and ordered his three light cruisers to disperse at 13:20.<ref>Massie, pp. 258–265</ref> ...

...as only allowed six pre-dreadnought battleships (plus two in reserve), six cruisers (plus two in reserve), twelve destroyers (plus four in reserve), and twelve * {{sclass|Königsberg|cruiser (1927)|0}} cruisers (7,200 tons, 9 × 150 mm guns) ...

...sful Allied landings in [[North Africa]] in November 1942. The three other cruisers of the ''La Galissonière'' class, held under [[Vichy France|Vichy]] control ...4,000&nbsp;tons for ''Thionville'', 5,000 to 7,000&nbsp;tons for the other cruisers, with a speed of {{convert|26|-|27|kn|lk=in}}. They were retired from activ ...

...lkland Islands]], with ''Glasgow'' helping to sink one of the German light cruisers. She was one of the ships tasked to hunt down the sole survivor which she f ...on, Part 1, p. 56</ref>|group=Note}} were officially rated as second-class cruisers suitable for a variety of roles including both trade protection and duties ...

...d the [[battleship]] {{ship|German battleship|Gneisenau||2}} and the heavy cruisers {{lang|de|Deutschland}}, {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Scheer||2}}, and {{s ...nd then the roles were reversed when the five destroyers had to escort the cruisers back to Germany.{{sfn|Rohwer|pp=10-11|}}{{Sfn|Bekker||pp=61-62}} ...

{{for|earlier cruisers operated by the Imperial Navy|SMS Königsberg}} ...sfn|Rohwer|p=1}} At the start of hostilities, she and several other German cruisers laid a defensive minefield in the North Sea. She then went into the [[Balti ...

...und to buy time by engaging the battlecruisers and ordered his three light cruisers to disperse at 13:20. ''Carnarvon'', now {{convert|10|nmi}} behind, had no ''Carnarvon ''finally came within range of the German armoured cruisers and opened fire shortly before {{SMS|Scharnhorst||2}} rolled over and capsi ...