The Königsberg class, sometimes referred to as the K class, was a class of light cruisers of the German Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine. The class comprised three ships named after German cities: Königs
A member of the Königsberg class in 1936
Karlsruhe circa 1930
Köln at her launching on 23 May 1928
Königsberg in 1936
German cruiser Emden
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Emden was a light cruiser built for the German Navy in the early 1920s. She was the only ship of her class and was the first large warship built in Germany after the end of World War I. She was built
Königsberg-class cruiser (1927)
…Karlsruhe, and Köln, all built between 1926 and 1930. These ships were the first of the Reichsmarine with a modern cruiser design; their predecessor, Emden, was based on World War I-era designs. They were armed with a main battery of nine 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and with twelve 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes. All…
Emden in China, 1931
SMS Karlsruhe, the basis of Emden's design
Recognition drawing of Emden from the Office of Naval Intelligence
Emden in port, showing the Iron Cross worn to honor her namesake.