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SMS Stettin in 1912 |
| Career (German Empire) |
 |
| Name: |
Stettin |
| Namesake: |
Stettin |
| Builder: |
AG Vulcan, Stettin |
| Laid down: |
March 1905 |
| Commissioned: |
October 1907 |
| Fate: |
Ceded to Britain 1920, scrapped in 1920 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
3,400 tons, 3,814 tons full load |
| Length: |
115.3 m (378 ft) |
| Beam: |
13.2 m (43 ft) |
| Draught: |
5.29 m (17.4 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
Twin triple expansion engines, 13,200 ihp |
| Speed: |
24.1 knots (44.6 km/h) |
| Complement: |
322 |
| Armament: |
Ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) rapid fire guns (10 x 1), ten 5.2 cm (2.0 in) rapid fire guns (10 x 1), and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo-tubes |
SMS Stettin was a Königsberg class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine. Laid down at AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard in 1906, she was launched on 7 March 1907, and commissioned on 29 July 1907. The ship served in European waters during World War I, participating in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916. From 1917 she was used as a training ship with plans to rebuild her into a seaplane carrier as was attempted with Stuttgart, however, the war ended before this could be carried out. The ship was delivered to England and scrapped in 1920.
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