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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/K%C3%B6nigsberg_3.jpg/450px-K%C3%B6nigsberg_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/K%C3%B6nigsberg_3.jpg/600px-K%C3%B6nigsberg_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="688" /></a></span><div><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> in 1936</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281921%E2%80%931933%29.svg/47px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281921%E2%80%931933%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="28" class="mw-file-element" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg/94px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em"><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Reichsmarinewerft" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichsmarinewerft">Reichsmarinewerft</a></i></span>, <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmshaven" title="Wilhelmshaven">Wilhelmshaven</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>12 April 1926</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>26 March 1927</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>17 April 1929</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk 10 April 1940 at <a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics <sup id="cite_ref-Characteristics_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Characteristics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg-class_cruiser_(1927)" title="Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)"><i>Königsberg</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>7,700 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (7,800 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>174 m (571 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>15.3 m (50 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>6.28 m (20.6 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/Water-tube_boiler" title="Water-tube boiler">water-tube boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">65,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (48,000 kW)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × MAN 10-cylinder <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 <a href="/wiki/Screw_propeller" class="mw-redirect" title="Screw propeller">screw propellers</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>32 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (59 km/h; 37 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>5,700 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">21 officers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">493 enlisted men</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">9 × <a href="/wiki/15_cm_SK_C/25" title="15 cm SK C/25">15 cm (5.9 in) SL C/25 guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/8.8_cm_SK_L/45_naval_gun" title="8.8 cm SK L/45 naval gun">8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 anti-aircraft guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × 50 cm (20 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">120 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armor</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Armor_belt" class="mw-redirect" title="Armor belt">Belt</a>: 50 mm (2 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">Deck</a>: 40 mm (1.6 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">Conning tower</a>: 100 mm (3.9 in)</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span></b> was a German <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a> that was operated between 1929 and April 1940, including service in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was the <a href="/wiki/Lead_ship" title="Lead ship">lead vessel</a> of <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg-class_cruiser_(1927)" title="Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)">her class</a> and was operated by two <a href="/wiki/Germany#Weimar_Republic_and_Nazi_Regime" title="Germany">German</a> navies, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Reichsmarine" title="Reichsmarine">Reichsmarine</a></i></span> and the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i></span>. She had two <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ships</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Karlsruhe" title="German cruiser Karlsruhe"><i>Karlsruhe</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_K%C3%B6ln" title="German cruiser Köln"><i>Köln</i></a>. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> was built by the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarinewerft_Wilhelmshaven" title="Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven">Kriegsmarinewerft</a></i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmshaven" title="Wilhelmshaven">Wilhelmshaven</a>; she was laid down in April 1926, launched in March 1927, and commissioned into the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsmarine</i></span> in April 1929. She was armed with a main battery of nine <a href="/wiki/15_cm_SK_C/25" title="15 cm SK C/25">15 cm SK C/25</a> guns in three triple turrets and had a top speed of 32 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (59 km/h; 37 mph). </p><p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> served as a training ship for naval cadets throughout the 1930s, and joined the <a href="/wiki/Non-intervention_in_the_Spanish_Civil_War" title="Non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War">non-intervention patrols</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> in the late 1930s. After the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, she laid <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">defensive minefields</a> in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> and then participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung">Operation Weserübung</a>, the invasion of Norway in April 1940. While attacking <a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen</a>, she was badly damaged by Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Coastal_artillery" title="Coastal artillery">coastal artillery</a>, and sunk by <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Skua" title="Blackburn Skua">Blackburn Skua</a> fighter-bombers the following day in the harbor. The wreck was eventually raised in 1942 and broken up for scrap in 1947. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg-class_cruiser_(1927)" title="Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)">Königsberg-class cruiser</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Konigsberg_h80970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Konigsberg_h80970.jpg/220px-Konigsberg_h80970.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Konigsberg_h80970.jpg/330px-Konigsberg_h80970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Konigsberg_h80970.jpg/440px-Konigsberg_h80970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> in port; note the offset arrangement of the rear gun turrets</figcaption></figure> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> was 174 meters (571 ft) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">long overall</a> and had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 15.2 m (50 ft) and a maximum <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draft</a> of 6.28 m (20.6 ft). She <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displaced</a> 7,700 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (7,800 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) at <a href="/wiki/Full_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Full load">full load</a>. The ship had a <a href="/wiki/Forecastle" title="Forecastle">forecastle</a> <a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">deck</a> that extended for most of the length of the ship, ending just aft of the <a href="/wiki/Superfire" class="mw-redirect" title="Superfire">superfiring</a> rear turret. Her <a href="/wiki/Superstructure" title="Superstructure">superstructure</a> consisted of a <a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">conning tower</a> forward with a heavy, tubular <a href="/wiki/Mast_(sailing)" title="Mast (sailing)">mast</a> and a secondary conning tower further aft. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> had a crew of 21 officers and 493 enlisted men.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESieche230-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her propulsion system consisted of four <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a> and a pair of 10-cylinder four-stroke <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a>. Steam for the turbines was provided by six Marine-type, double-ended, oil-fired <a href="/wiki/Water-tube_boiler" title="Water-tube boiler">water-tube boilers</a>, which were vented through a pair of <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnels</a>. The ship's propulsion system provided a top speed of 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) and a range of approximately 5,700 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESieche230-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship was armed with a <a href="/wiki/Main_battery" title="Main battery">main battery</a> of nine <a href="/wiki/15_cm_SK_C/25" title="15 cm SK C/25">15 cm (5.9 in) SK C/25</a> guns mounted in three triple <a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">gun turrets</a>. One was located forward, and two were placed in a superfiring pair aft. The rear gun turrets were offset to increase their arc of fire. They were supplied with 1,080 rounds of ammunition, for 120 shells per gun. The ship was also equipped with two <a href="/wiki/8.8_cm_SK_L/45_naval_gun" title="8.8 cm SK L/45 naval gun">8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45</a> anti-aircraft guns in single mounts; they had 400 rounds of ammunition each. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> also carried four triple <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tube</a> mounts located amidships; they were supplied with twenty-four 50 cm (20 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a>. She was also capable of carrying 120 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">naval mines</a>. The ship was protected by an armor deck that was 40 mm (1.6 in) thick amidships and an <a href="/wiki/Belt_armor" title="Belt armor">armor belt</a> that was 50 mm (2 in) thick. The conning tower had 100 mm (3.9 in) thick sides.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESieche230-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K%C3%B6nigsberg_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/K%C3%B6nigsberg_1.jpg/220px-K%C3%B6nigsberg_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/K%C3%B6nigsberg_1.jpg/330px-K%C3%B6nigsberg_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/K%C3%B6nigsberg_1.jpg/440px-K%C3%B6nigsberg_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="711" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> on her visit to Britain in 1934; she is flying the British <a href="/wiki/White_Ensign" title="White Ensign">White Ensign</a> and firing a <a href="/wiki/Gun_salute#Naval_cannon_fire" title="Gun salute">salute</a></figcaption></figure> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> was ordered as "Cruiser B" and given the temporary name <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Ersatz" class="mw-redirect" title="Ersatz">Ersatz</a> Thetis</i></span>, since she was intended to replace the old cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Thetis" title="SMS Thetis"><i>Thetis</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner119_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner119-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was laid down at the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarinewerft_Wilhelmshaven" title="Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven">Reichsmarinewerft</a></i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmshaven" title="Wilhelmshaven">Wilhelmshaven</a> on 12 April 1926 and launched on 26 March 1927. She was commissioned into the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Reichsmarine" title="Reichsmarine">Reichsmarine</a></i></span> on 17 April 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESieche230-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After her commissioning, the ship was assigned as the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> of the reconnaissance force for the German fleet. She thereafter conducted a series of training cruises for naval cadets and made numerous goodwill visits throughout the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>. In 1931, the ship's first major modification took place; her foremast was shortened and her rear superstructure was slightly lengthened. <a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Schrader" title="Otto von Schrader">Otto von Schrader</a> commanded the ship from September 1931 to September 1934. <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Schmundt" title="Hubert Schmundt">Hubert Schmundt</a> relieved him and served as the ship's captain for the following year. In 1934, a pair of 8.8 cm (3.5 in) <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft gun">anti-aircraft guns</a> in individual mounts were installed on her aft superstructure just forward of her main battery turrets. That same year, she and the cruiser <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Leipzig" title="German cruiser Leipzig"><i>Leipzig</i></a> made the first goodwill visit to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> since the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> sixteen years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson14–15_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson14–15-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1935, the ship had an <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">aircraft catapult</a> installed, along with a crane to handle <a href="/wiki/Floatplane" title="Floatplane">floatplanes</a>. The following year, the single 8.8 cm guns were replaced with a new triaxially stabilized twin-mount; two other twin mounts were added on the rear superstructure. Fire control directors for the anti-aircraft guns were also installed. After emerging from this refit, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> was employed as a gunnery <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> in the late 1930s, the ship participated in <a href="/wiki/Non-intervention_in_the_Spanish_Civil_War" title="Non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War">non-intervention patrols</a>, during which she forced <a href="/wiki/Republican_faction_(Spanish_Civil_War)" title="Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)">Republicans</a> to surrender a German freighter they had seized.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson15–16_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson15–16-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After returning to Germany, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> resumed her gunnery training duties, and also served as a testbed for radar prototypes. She was scheduled to be transferred to the <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> School, where she would be used as a target ship for U-boat crews. This duty was interrupted by the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in September 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One day before the <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="German invasion of Poland">German invasion of Poland</a>, on 31 August, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> spotted the Polish destroyers <a href="/wiki/ORP_Burza" title="ORP Burza"><i>Burza</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/ORP_B%C5%82yskawica" title="ORP Błyskawica"><i>Błyskawica</i></a> in the Baltic.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohwer1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohwer1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the start of hostilities, she and several other German cruisers laid a defensive minefield in the North Sea. She then went into the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> for training maneuvers. <a href="/wiki/Kurt-Caesar_Hoffmann" title="Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann">Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann</a> served as the ship's captain from June to September 1939. In late 1939, a <a href="/wiki/Degaussing" title="Degaussing">degaussing</a> coil was installed on the ship's hull. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> returned to active duty in March 1940, when she was assigned to the invasion force for the attack on Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson14–16_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson14–16-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Weserübung"><span id="Operation_Weser.C3.BCbung"></span>Operation Weserübung</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Operation Weserübung"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung">Operation Weserübung</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K%C3%B6nigsberg_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/K%C3%B6nigsberg_4.jpg/220px-K%C3%B6nigsberg_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/K%C3%B6nigsberg_4.jpg/330px-K%C3%B6nigsberg_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/K%C3%B6nigsberg_4.jpg/440px-K%C3%B6nigsberg_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="654" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> circa 1936</figcaption></figure> <p>The invasion of Norway took place in early April 1940. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> was assigned to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gruppe</i></span> 3, and was tasked with transporting 600 troops from the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>'s <a href="/wiki/69th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="69th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">69th Infantry Division</a> from Wilhelmshaven to Bergen, Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gruppe</i></span> 3 also included her sister ship <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_K%C3%B6ln" title="German cruiser Köln"><i>Köln</i></a>, the artillery training ship <a href="/wiki/German_training_ship_Bremse" title="German training ship Bremse"><i>Bremse</i></a>, and the torpedo boats <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Wolf</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Leopard</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith198_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith198-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Germans left Wilhelmshaven on 8 April, and had reached their target the following day, where <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> transferred part of the landing party to several smaller vessels. She then made a high-speed run into the port in an attempt to land the remainder of the infantry in the town directly. A 21 cm (8.3 in) coastal battery at the <a href="/wiki/Kvarven_Fort" title="Kvarven Fort">Kvarven Fort</a> took the ship under fire, and scored three hits, all forward. The hits caused severe flooding and fires in her boiler rooms that cut the ship's power. Adrift, and unable to maneuver, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> had to drop anchor, while she and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Köln</i></span>, <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> bombers, and the infantry neutralized the Norwegian guns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16–17_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16–17-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> required major repairs before she would be able to return to Germany, so she was temporarily moored in the harbor with her <a href="/wiki/Broadside_(naval)" title="Broadside (naval)">broadside</a> facing the harbor entrance. This would allow her to bring all of her main battery guns to bear against any British naval attack. The rest of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Gruppe</i></span> 3 returned to Germany. On the evening of 9 April, she was attacked by British bombers, but to no effect. The following morning, the British launched another air raid on the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESieche230-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson17_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson17-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The raid consisted of sixteen <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Skua" title="Blackburn Skua">Blackburn Skua</a> dive bombers of the British <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> (seven of <a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800 Naval Air Squadron</a> and nine of <a href="/wiki/803_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="803 Naval Air Squadron">803 Naval Air Squadron</a>), launched from <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Hatston" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Hatston">RNAS Hatston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney</a>. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s thin deck armor rendered her quite vulnerable to dive bomber attack. The Skuas attacked in three groups: the nine of 803 NAS, six of 800 NAS, and one aircraft of 800 NAS which lost contact during the outward flight but found <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> independently. The dive bombers attacked at 7:20, catching the ship's crew off guard. Half of the dive bombers had completed their dives before the crew realized they were under attack. Only one large anti-aircraft gun was reported as being manned with shells being fired once every five seconds from the aft of the ship with lighter anti-air weapons firing from the shore and adjacent ships firing even later in the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith198,_203_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith198,_203-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Konigsberg_h80979.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Konigsberg_h80979.jpg/220px-Konigsberg_h80979.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Konigsberg_h80979.jpg/330px-Konigsberg_h80979.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Konigsberg_h80979.jpg/440px-Konigsberg_h80979.jpg 2x" data-file-width="739" data-file-height="245" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> under attack at Bergen</figcaption></figure> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königsberg</i></span> was hit by at least five 500-pound (230 kg) bombs,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith199–203_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith199–203-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which caused serious damage to the ship. One penetrated her thin deck armor, went through the ship, and exploded in the water, causing significant structural damage. Another hit destroyed the auxiliary boiler room. Two more bombs exploded in the water next to the ship; the concussion from the blasts tore large holes in the hull. She took on a heavy list almost immediately, and the captain ordered the crew to abandon the ship. It took slightly less than three hours from the start of the attack for the ship to completely capsize and sink, which gave the crew enough time to evacuate many of the dead and wounded. They also had time to remove a significant amount of ammunition and equipment from the stricken cruiser.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson17_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson17-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only eighteen men were killed in the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner120_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner120-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The wreck was raised on 17 July 1942 and towed to <a href="/wiki/Heggernes" class="mw-redirect" title="Heggernes">Heggernes</a> (Nyhavn). It was later towed to <a href="/wiki/Laksev%C3%A5g" title="Laksevåg">Laksevåg</a> (on the south side of Bergen harbor) and righted. However, the hulk could only be kept afloat by constant pumping, and was therefore put into the floating dock at Laksevåg. Unfortunately, the wreck fell over when the dock was raised, causing considerable damage to the dock, and leaving it with a 11-13 degree list. The hull was, however, sealed, and refloated, and remained at Laksevåg until February 1945, when it was towed to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Herdlafjorden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herdlafjorden (page does not exist)">Herdlafjorden</a>, and allowed to settle, with a heavy list, at Berlandsundet, to the east of <a href="/wiki/Ask%C3%B8y" title="Askøy">Askøy</a>. The ship was salved once again on 14/15 September 1945 and to <a href="/wiki/Stavanger" title="Stavanger">Stavanger</a>, leaking throughout. Scrapping was completed there by 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuxmann_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHuxmann-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Characteristics-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Characteristics_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> These statistics are for the ship as completed; over the course of her career, armament, crew size, and other characteristics of the ship changed.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner119–120_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGröner">Gröner</a>, pp. 119–120.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESieche230-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESieche230_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSieche">Sieche</a>, p. 230.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner119-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner119_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGröner">Gröner</a>, p. 119.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson14–15-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson14–15_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliamson">Williamson</a>, pp. 14–15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson15–16-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson15–16_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliamson">Williamson</a>, pp. 15–16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliamson">Williamson</a>, p. 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERohwer1-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohwer1_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRohwer">Rohwer</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson14–16-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson14–16_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliamson">Williamson</a>, pp. 14–16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith198-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith198_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith">Smith</a>, p. 198.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16–17-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson16–17_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliamson">Williamson</a>, pp. 16–17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliamson17-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson17_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliamson17_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliamson">Williamson</a>, p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith198,_203-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith198,_203_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith">Smith</a>, pp. 198, 203.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith199–203-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith199–203_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmith">Smith</a>, pp. 199–203.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner120-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner120_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGröner">Gröner</a>, p. 120.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHuxmann-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHuxmann_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHuxmann">Huxmann</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGröner" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol"><a href="/wiki/Erich_Gr%C3%B6ner" title="Erich Gröner">Gröner, Erich</a> (1990). <i>German Warships: 1815–1945</i>. Vol. I: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87021-790-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87021-790-6"><bdi>978-0-87021-790-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=German+Warships%3A+1815%E2%80%931945&rft.place=Annapolis&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0-87021-790-6&rft.aulast=Gr%C3%B6ner&rft.aufirst=Erich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHuxmann" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Huxmann, Reinhard Hoheisel (2008). <i>Die "Karriere" des Kreuzers "Königsberg" nach seinem Untergang: Bilddokumentation einer Bergung</i> [<i>The "Career" of the Cruiser "Königsberg" After Her Sinking: Photographs of Her Salvage</i>] (in German). Kuden: Convent Verlag. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783866330146" title="Special:BookSources/9783866330146"><bdi>9783866330146</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+%22Karriere%22+des+Kreuzers+%22K%C3%B6nigsberg%22+nach+seinem+Untergang%3A+Bilddokumentation+einer+Bergung&rft.place=Kuden&rft.pub=Convent+Verlag&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9783866330146&rft.aulast=Huxmann&rft.aufirst=Reinhard+Hoheisel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRohwer" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Rohwer" title="Jürgen Rohwer">Rohwer, Jürgen</a> (2005). <i>Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two</i> (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-119-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-119-8"><bdi>978-1-59114-119-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chronology+of+the+War+at+Sea+1939%E2%80%931945%3A+The+Naval+History+of+World+War+Two&rft.place=Annapolis&rft.edition=Third+Revised&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-1-59114-119-8&rft.aulast=Rohwer&rft.aufirst=J%C3%BCrgen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSieche" class="citation book cs1">Sieche, Erwin (1992). "Germany". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bJBMBvyQ83EC"><i>Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946</i></a>. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 218–254. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85177-146-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85177-146-5"><bdi>978-0-85177-146-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Germany&rft.btitle=Conway%27s+All+the+World%27s+Fighting+Ships+1922%E2%80%931946&rft.place=London&rft.pages=218-254&rft.pub=Conway+Maritime+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-85177-146-5&rft.aulast=Sieche&rft.aufirst=Erwin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DbJBMBvyQ83EC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith" class="citation book cs1">Smith, Peter C. (1982). <i>Dive Bomber!</i>. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8117-3454-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8117-3454-7"><bdi>978-0-8117-3454-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dive+Bomber%21&rft.place=Mechanicsburg&rft.pub=Stackpole+Books&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-8117-3454-7&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Peter+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliamson" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Williamson_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon Williamson (writer)">Williamson, Gordon</a> (2003). <i>German Light Cruisers 1939–1945</i>. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-503-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-503-7"><bdi>978-1-84176-503-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=German+Light+Cruisers+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-84176-503-7&rft.aulast=Williamson&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). <i>Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe: Biographien – ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart</i> [<i>The German Warships: Biographies − A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present</i>] (in German). Vol. 5. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-7822-0456-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-7822-0456-9"><bdi>978-3-7822-0456-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+Deutschen+Kriegsschiffe%3A+Biographien+%E2%80%93+ein+Spiegel+der+Marinegeschichte+von+1815+bis+zur+Gegenwart&rft.place=Ratingen&rft.pub=Mundus+Verlag&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-3-7822-0456-9&rft.aulast=Hildebrand&rft.aufirst=Hans+H.&rft.au=R%C3%B6hr%2C+Albert&rft.au=Steinmetz%2C+Hans-Otto&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKoopSchmolke2002" class="citation book cs1">Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2002). <i>German Light Cruisers of World War II: Emden, Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, Nürnberg</i>. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55750-310-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55750-310-7"><bdi>978-1-55750-310-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=German+Light+Cruisers+of+World+War+II%3A+Emden%2C+K%C3%B6nigsberg%2C+Karlsruhe%2C+K%C3%B6ln%2C+Leipzig%2C+N%C3%BCrnberg&rft.place=Annapolis&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-1-55750-310-7&rft.aulast=Koop&rft.aufirst=Gerhard&rft.au=Schmolke%2C+Klaus-Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhitley1987" class="citation book cs1">Whitley, M. J. (1987). <i>German Cruisers of World War Two</i>. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87021-217-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87021-217-8"><bdi>978-0-87021-217-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=German+Cruisers+of+World+War+Two&rft.place=Annapolis&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0-87021-217-8&rft.aulast=Whitley&rft.aufirst=M.+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGerman+cruiser+K%C3%B6nigsberg" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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submarine U-1 (1935)"><i>U-1</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-50_(1939)" title="German submarine U-50 (1939)"><i>U-50</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glowworm_(H92)" title="HMS Glowworm (H92)">HMS <i>Glowworm</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1914)" title="SS Rio de Janeiro (1914)"><i>Rio de Janeiro</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_%C3%86ger_(1936)" title="HNoMS Æger (1936)">HNoMS <i>Æger</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="German cruiser Blücher"><i>Blücher</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Eidsvold" title="HNoMS Eidsvold">HNoMS <i>Eidsvold</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Gurkha_(F20)" title="HMS Gurkha (F20)">HMS <i>Gurkha</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Karlsruhe" title="German cruiser Karlsruhe">German cruiser <i>Karlsruhe</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Norge" title="HNoMS Norge">HNoMS <i>Norge</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_Seattle" title="MS Seattle"><i>Seattle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_S%C3%B8rland" title="MS Sørland"><i>Sørland</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Tor_(1939)" title="HNoMS Tor (1939)">HNoMS <i>Tor</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_torpedo_boat_Albatros" title="German torpedo boat Albatros"><i>Albatros</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z22_Anton_Schmitt" title="German destroyer Z22 Anton Schmitt"><i>Z22 Anton Schmitt</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Friedenau_(1920)" title="SS Friedenau (1920)"><i>Friedenau</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hardy_(H87)" title="HMS Hardy (H87)">HMS <i>Hardy</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hunter_(H35)" title="HMS Hunter (H35)">HMS <i>Hunter</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Königsberg</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tarpon_(N17)" title="HMS Tarpon (N17)">HMS <i>Tarpon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thistle_(N24)" title="HMS Thistle (N24)">HMS <i>Thistle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z21_Wilhelm_Heidkamp" title="German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp"><i>Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_105_Cremon" title="German trawler V 105 Cremon"><i>V 105 Cremon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Apr: <span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z11_Bernd_von_Arnim" title="German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim"><i>Z11 Bernd von Arnim</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z17_Diether_von_Roeder" title="German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder"><i>Z17 Diether von Roeder</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z12_Erich_Giese" title="German destroyer Z12 Erich Giese"><i>Z12 Erich Giese</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z13_Erich_Koellner" title="German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner"><i>Z13 Erich Koellner</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Fr%C3%B8ya" title="HNoMS Frøya">HNoMS <i>Frøya</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z2_Georg_Thiele" title="German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele"><i>Z2 Georg Thiele</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z18_Hans_L%C3%BCdemann" title="German destroyer Z18 Hans Lüdemann"><i>Z18 Hans Lüdemann</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z19_Hermann_K%C3%BCnne" title="German destroyer Z19 Hermann Künne"><i>Z19 Hermann Künne</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Storm_(1898)" title="HNoMS Storm (1898)">HNoMS <i>Storm</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-64_(1939)" title="German submarine U-64 (1939)"><i>U-64</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z9_Wolfgang_Zenker" title="German destroyer Z9 Wolfgang Zenker"><i>Z9 Wolfgang Zenker</i></a> </span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_B%C3%A4renfels_(1921)" title="SS Bärenfels (1921)"><i>Bärenfels</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_training_ship_Brummer" title="German training ship Brummer"><i>Brummer</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Oldenburg_(1936)" title="SS Oldenburg (1936)"><i>Oldenburg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-49_(1939)" title="German submarine U-49 (1939)"><i>U-49</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_S%C3%A6l" title="HNoMS Sæl">HNoMS <i>Sæl</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sterlet_(2S)" title="HMS Sterlet (2S)">HMS <i>Sterlet</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Stegg_(1921)" title="HNoMS Stegg (1921)"><i>Stegg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bradman" title="HMS Bradman">HMS <i>Bradman</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Trygg_(1919)" title="HNoMS Trygg (1919)"><i>Trygg</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Garm_(1913)" title="HNoMS Garm (1913)">HNoMS <i>Garm</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Unity_(N66)" title="HMS Unity (N66)">HMS <i>Unity</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bittern_(L07)" title="HMS Bittern (L07)">HMS <i>Bittern</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dunoon_(J52)" title="HMS Dunoon (J52)">HMS <i>Dunoon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Maill%C3%A9_Br%C3%A9z%C3%A9_(1931)" title="French destroyer Maillé Brézé (1931)"><i>Maillé Brézé</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Pol_III" title="HNoMS Pol III">HNoMS <i>Pol III</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Endurance" title="SS Empire Endurance">Alster</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hotspur_(H01)" title="HMS Hotspur (H01)">HMS <i>Hotspur</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Endurance" title="SS Empire Endurance">Alster</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Brand_(1898)" title="HNoMS Brand (1898)">HNoMS <i>Brand</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Eskimo_(F75)" title="HMS Eskimo (F75)">HMS <i>Eskimo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_minesweeper_Sperrbrecher_18" title="German minesweeper Sperrbrecher 18"><i>Schürbek</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Storm_(1898)" title="HNoMS Storm (1898)">HNoMS <i>Storm</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Honningsv%C3%A5g" title="HNoMS Honningsvåg">Malangen</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Brand_(1898)" title="HNoMS Brand (1898)">HNoMS <i>Brand</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Apr: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Achille" title="French submarine Achille"><i>Achille</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Pasteur" title="French submarine Pasteur"><i>Pasteur</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1939" title="List of shipwrecks in 1939">1939</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a 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