Königsberg-class cruiser (1905)

The Königsberg class was a group of four light cruisers built for the German Imperial Navy, comprising Königsberg, Nürnberg, Stuttgart and Stettin. They improved on the Bremen class by being slightly larger and faster while keeping the same armament of ten 10.5 cm guns and two torpedo tubes. Königsberg, Nürnberg and Stettin were launched between 1905 and 1907, and the ships saw extensive service in the First World War: Königsberg raided in the Indian Ocean, Nürnberg fought at Coronel and the Falkland Islands, and Stuttgart and Stettin fought at Jutland. Stettin was built by AG Vulcan in the city that gave her name and was fitted with Parsons steam turbines to test them against the triple-expansion engines of her sisters, reaching 24 knots.