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SMS Königsberg (1905)

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 11, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 22:20, 24 June 2015 (UTC)



SMS Königsberg ("His Majesty's Ship Königsberg") was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). Named for the capital of East Prussia, she was laid down in January 1905, launched in December of that year, and completed by June 1906. Königsberg was armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm guns and had a top speed of 24.1 kn. Königsberg served with the High Seas Fleet's reconnaissance force. She frequently escorted Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht on visits to foreign countries. In April 1914, the ship was sent on a two-year deployment to German East Africa, interrupted by the outbreak of World War I. Königsberg attempted to raid British and French commercial traffic, but only destroyed one merchant ship in the course of her career. On 20 September 1914, she surprised and sank the British protected cruiser HMS Pegasus (1897) in the Battle of Zanzibar. Königsberg then retreated into the Rufiji River to repair her engines. British cruisers located the ship, and set up a blockade. On 11 July 1915, two monitors got close enough to severely damage Königsberg, forcing her crew to scuttle the ship.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 17 May
 * Main editors: Parsecboy
 * Promoted: May 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: 100th anniversary of scuttling
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:37, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:15, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Parsecboy (talk) 09:36, 30 May 2015 (UTC)