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Light Cruiser


Emden
Laid down: Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 08.12.1921
Launched: 07.01.1925
Commissioned: 15.10.1925
Fate: Destroyed by explosions 03.04.1945 (Heikendorf Bay)

Königsberg
Laid down: Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 12.04.1926
Launched: 26.03.1927
Commissioned: 17.04.1929
Fate: sunk by FAA bombers 10.04.1940 (Bergen)

Karlsruhe
Laid down: Deutsche Werke Kiel, 27.07.1926
Launched: 20.08.1927
Commissioned: 06.11.1929
Fate: sunk by Submarine 09.04.1940 (Kristiansand)

Köln
Laid down: Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 07.08.1926
Launched: 25.05.1928
Commissioned: 15.01.1930
Fate: sunk by bombs 31.03.1945 (Wilhelmshaven)

Leipzig
Laid down: Marinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 18.04.1928
Launched: 18.10.1929
Commissioned: 08.10.1931
Fate: scuttled with gas ammo 16.12.1946 (North Sea)

Nürnberg
Laid down: Deutsche Werke Kiel, 04.11.1933
Launched: 08.12.1934
Commissioned: 02.11.1935
Fate: scrapped 1961