Bischofzach-class cruiser
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 SMS Bischofzach
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Germaniawerft Schiffbau |
| Operators: |
 Kaiserliche-Marine |
| Preceded by: | Penarosa-class cruiser |
| Succeeded by: | Surgarten-class cruiser |
| Built: | 1926-1933 |
| In commission: | 1927-1947 |
| Planned: | 35 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Cancelled: | 29 |
| Active: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tons full load |
| Length: | 174 m (571 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.3 m (50 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.28 m (20.6 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × MAN 10-cylinder diesel engines 4 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement: | 21 officers, 493 enlisted |
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| Armour: |
Belt: 50 mm (2 in) Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in) |
| Aviation facilities: | 2x stern catapults |
The Bischofzach-class cruiser, sometimes referred to in foreign literature as the B-class, was a class of light cruisers of the Englean Imperial Navy. The class was planned as a replacement for First Great War designs, and was planned to consist of 36 ships. Due to constraints at the time, 29 of the vessels were canceled and only 6 were built. They were armed with a main battery of nine 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and with twelve 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes. The vessels served with the Englean Atlantikflotte and the Pazifikflotte against the Empire of the Tao during the Second Great War.
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