SMS EMDEN IN DOCK 13

SMS EMDEN A GERMAN LIGHT CRUISER CLASS 1908

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS BULKHEAD WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS ( MUCH TO BE UPGRADED )

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: Emden
Namesake: City of Emden
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
Laid down: 1 November 1906
Launched: 26 May 1908
Commissioned: 10 July 1909
Fate: 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 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)

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