Surgarten-class cruiser

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SMS Krastenburg, 1945
Class overview
Builders: Germaniawerft Schiffbau
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Bischofzach-class cruiser
Succeeded by: Richtendorf-class cruiser
Built: 1933-1937
In commission: 1935-1953
Planned: 5
Completed: 4
Cancelled: 1
Active: 0
General characteristics
Type: Light cruiser
Displacement: 9,960 tons full load
Length: 181.3 m (595 ft)
Beam: 16.3 m (53 ft)
Draft: 5.74 m (18.8 ft)
Propulsion: 60,000 shp (45 MW) turbines + 12,400 hp (9.3 MW) diesels
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement: 26 officers, 508 enlisted
Armament:
  • 9 × 15 cm SK C/29 guns
  • 12 x 8.8 cm SK C/27 guns
  • 12 x 3.7 cm SK C/31 guns
  • 12 x 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
  • 120 mines
Armor:

Belt armor: 50 mm (2.0 in)

Deck: 30 mm (1.2 in)

Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Turrets: 80 mm (3.1 in)

Barbettes: 60 mm (2.4 in)
Aircraft carried: 2
Aviation facilities: 2x stern catapults

The Surgarten-class cruiser, sometimes referred to in foreign literature as the S-class, was a class of light cruisers of the Englean Imperial Navy. The class was designed to supplement the limited number of Bischofzach class cruisers currently in service with the Imperial Navy, and was to be more heavily armed to compete with foreign vessels at the time. The vessels served with the Englean Atlantikflotte and the Pazifikflotte against the Empire of the Tao during the Second Great War.