
Gazelle
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Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 1897
Launched: 21.11.1899
Commissioned: 20.09.1900
Fate: scrapped in 1920
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Niobe
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Laid down: A.G. Weser Bremen, 1898
Launched: 18.07.1899
Commissioned: 25.06.1900
Fate: sold to Yugoslavia on 24.06.1925, lost after running aground and torpedo hits in December 1943
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Nymphe
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Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 1898
Launched: 21.11.1899
Commissioned: 20.09.1900
Fate: Broken down 1932
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Thetis
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, 1899
Launched: 03.07.1900
Commissioned: 14.09.1901
Fate: scrapped in 1930
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Ariadne
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Laid down: A.G. Weser Bremen, 1899
Launched: 10.08.1900
Commissioned: 18.05.1901
Fate: Sunk on 28.08.1914 near Norderney
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Amazone
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Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 1899
Launched: 06.10.1900
Commissioned: 15.11.1901
Fate: Broken down 1954
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Medusa
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Laid down: AG. Weser Bremen, 1900
Launched: 05.12.1900
Commissioned: 26.07.1901
Fate: sunk 03.05.1945 Wilhelmshaven
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Frauenlob
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Laid down: AG. Weser Bremen, 1901
Launched: 22.03.1902
Commissioned: 17.03.1903
Fate: Sunk by British cruiser Southampton on 31.05.1916
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Arcona
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Laid down: AG. Weser Bremen, 1901
Launched: 22.04.1902
Commissioned: 12.05.1903
Fate: sunk 03.05.1945 Wilhelmshaven
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Undine
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Laid down: Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1901
Launched: 11.12.1902
Commissioned: 05.01.1904
Fate: sunk on 07.11.1915 in the Baltic Sea by British submarine E19
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Bremen
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Laid down: A.G. Weser Bremen 1902
Launched: 09.07.1903
Commissioned: 19.05.1904
Fate: sunk after mine hit on 17.12.1915
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Berlin
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, 1902
Launched: 22.09.1903
Commissioned: 04.04.1905
Fate: scuttled at Jutland in 1947
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Danzig
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, 1904
Launched: 23.09.1905
Commissioned: 01.12.1907
Fate: deliverd to England in 1919, scrapped
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Hamburg
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Laid down: Vulcan Werft Stettin, 1902
Launched: 25.07.1903
Commissioned: 08.03.1904
Fate: sunk in Hamburg during an air attack in 1944
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Leipzig
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Laid down: A.G. Weser Bremen 1904
Launched: 21.03.1905
Commissioned: 20.04.1906
Fate: sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 08.12.1914
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München
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Laid down: AG. Weser Bremen, 1903
Launched: 30.04.1904
Commissioned: 10.01.1905
Fate: deliverd to England in 1919, scrapped
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Lübeck
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Laid down: Vulcan Werft Stettin, 1903
Launched: 26.03.1904
Commissioned: 26.04.1905
Fate: deliverd to England in 1919, scrapped in 1922
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Königsberg
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel, 1905
Launched: 12.12.1905
Commissioned: 06.04.1907
Fate: blown up in the Rufudji-River in East Africa on 11.07.1915
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Nürnberg
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel, 1906
Launched: 29.08.1906
Commissioned: 10.04.1908
Fate: sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 08.12.1914
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Stettin
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Laid down: AG Vulcan Stettin, 1906
Launched: 07.03.1907
Commissioned: 29.07.1907
Fate: Delivered to England in 1920
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Stuttgart
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, 1905
Launched: 22.09.1906
Commissioned: 01.02.1908
Fate: Delivered to England in 1920
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Dresden
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Laid down: Blohm & Voß Hamburg, October 1906
Launched: 05.10.1907
Commissioned: 14.11.1908
Fate: scuttled 14.03.1915 at Mas a Tierra
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Emden
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, 06.04.1906
Launched: 26.05.1908
Commissioned: 10.07.1909
Fate: destroyed 09.11.1914 at the Cocoas Islands.
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Kolberg
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Laid down: Schichau Danzig, March 1907
Launched: 24.11.1908
Commissioned: 21.06.1910
Fate: delivered to France in 1920
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Augsburg
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Laid down: Marinewerft Kiel, September 1908
Launched: 10.07.1909
Commissioned: 01.10.1910
Fate: scrapped 1922
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Cöln
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Laid down: Germaniaweft Kiel, 1908
Launched: 05.06.1909
Commissioned: 16.06.1911
Fate: sunk at the Battle of Helgoland on 28.04.1914
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Mainz
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Laid down: A.G. Vulcan Stettin, 1908
Launched: 23.01.1909
Commissioned: 01.10.1909
Fate: sunk at the Battle of Helgoland on 28.04.1914
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Magdeburg
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Laid down: A.G. Weser Bremen, 1910
Launched: 13.05.1911
Commissioned: 20.08.1912
Fate: stranded on 26.08.1914 in the Baltic Sea
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Breslau
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Laid down: A.G. Vulcan Stettin, 1910
Launched: 16.05.1911
Commissioned: 10.05.1912
Fate: sunk on 20.01.1918 after mine hits off Imbros
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Stralsund
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Laid down: AG Weser Bremen, April 1910
Launched: 04.11.1911
Commissioned: 09.10.1912
Fate: delivered to France in 1920, decommissioned in 1935
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Straßburg
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Laid down: Marinewerft Wilhelmshaven, April 1910
Launched: 24.08.1911
Commissioned: 10.12. 1912
Fate: delivered to Italy in 1920, scuttled on 09.09.1943
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Karlsruhe
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Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 1911
Launched: 11.11.1912
Commissioned: 15.01.1914
Fate: exploded on 04.11.1914 near Trinidad
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Rostock
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Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel, 1911
Launched: 12.11.1912
Commissioned: 05.02.1914
Fate: scuttled during the Battle of Jutland on 01.06.1916
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Pillau
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Laid down: Schichau Danzig, 10.09.1913
Launched: 11.04.1914
Commissioned: 14.12.1914
Fate: delivered to Italy in 1920, sunk on 09.09.1943
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Elbing
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Laid down: Schichau Danzig, 23.09.1913
Launched: 21.11.1914
Commissioned: 01.09.1915
Fate: sunk after collision on 01.06.1916
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Graudenz
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel, 1912
Launched: 25.10.1913
Commissioned: 10.08.1914
Fate: scrapped 1937
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Regensburg
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Laid down: A.G. Weser Bremen, 1912
Launched: 25.04.1914
Commissioned: 03.01.1915
Fate: scuttled 1944
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Wiesbaden
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Laid down: A.G. Vulcan Stettin, 1913
Launched: 30.01.1915
Commissioned: 23.08.1915
Fate: sunk at the Battle of Jutland on 31.05.1916
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Frankfurt
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel, 1913
Launched: 20.03.1915
Commissioned: 20.08.1915
Fate: sunk as target ship 28.07.1921
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Brummer
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Laid down: Vulcan Stettin, 1915
Launched: 11.12.1915
Commissioned: 02.04.1916
Fate: scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919
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Bremse
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Laid down: Vulcan Stettin, 1915
Launched: 11.03.1916
Commissioned: 01.07.1916
Fate: scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919
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Königsberg II
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Laid down: AG Weser Bremen, 1914
Launched: 18.12.1915
Commissioned: 12.08.1916
Fate: scrapped 1936
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Emden II
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Laid down: AG Weser Bremen, 1915
Launched: 01.02.1916
Commissioned: 16.12.1916
Fate: scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, but raised and delivered to France in 1920, scrapped 1926.
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Karlsruhe II
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel 1915
Launched: 31.01.1916
Commissioned: 15.11.1916
Fate: scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919
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Nürnberg II
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Laid down: Howaldt Kiel, 1915
Launched: 14.04.1916
Commissioned: 15.02.1917
Fate: scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919, raised and sunk at Wight on 07.02.1922
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Cöln II
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Laid down: Blohm & Voß Hamburg, 1915
Launched: 05.10.1916
Commissioned: 10.01.1918
Fate: scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919
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Wiesbaden II
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Laid down: A.G. Vulcan Stettin, 1915
Launched: 03.03.1917
Commissioned:
Fate: scrapped 1920
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Dresden II
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Laid down: Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1916
Launched: 25.04.1917
Commissioned: 28.03.1918
Fate: scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21.06.1919
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Magdeburg II
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Laid down: Howaldswerke Kiel, 1916
Launched: 17.11.1917
Commissioned:
Fate: scrapped 1922
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Leipzig II
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Laid down: A.G. Weser, 1915
Launched: 28.01.1918
Commissioned:
Fate: scrapped 1921
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Rostock II
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Laid down: A.G. Vulcan Stettin, 1915
Launched: 06.04.1918
Commissioned:
Fate: scrapped 1921
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Frauenlob II
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel, 1915
Launched: 16.19.1918
Commissioned:
Fate: Incomplete ship scrapped 1921
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Ersatz Cöln
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Laid down: A.G. Weser Bremen, 1916
Launched:
Commissioned:
Fate: scrapped 1921
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Ersatz Emden
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Laid down: A.G. Weser Bremen, 1916
Launched:
Commissioned:
Fate: scrapped 1921
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Ersatz Karlsruhe (A)
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Laid down: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel, 1916
Launched:
Commissioned:
Fate: scrapped 1920
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Flottenkreuzer (Entwurf 1916)
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