SMS Graudenz information

	Postcard depicting a sketch of Graudenz's sister ship SMS Regensburg
History
German Empire
Name	Graudenz
Namesake	City of Graudenz
Builder	Kiel Navy Yard
Laid down	1912
Launched	25 October 1913
Commissioned	10 August 1914
Stricken	10 March 1920
Fate	Ceded to Italy in 1920
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Ancona
Namesake	City of Ancona
Acquired	1 June 1920
Stricken	11 March 1937
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Graudenz-class cruiser
Displacement	Normal: 4,912 t (4,834 long tons); Full load: 6,382 t (6,281 long tons);
Length	142.7 m (468 ft 2 in)
Beam	13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
Draft	5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
Installed power	12 × water-tube boilers; 26,000 shp (19,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines; 2 × screw propellers;
Speed	27.5 kn (50.9 km/h)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew	21 officers; 364 enlisted men;
Armament	As built:; 12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 guns; 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes; After refit:; 7 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns; 2 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 anti-aircraft guns; 4 × 50 cm torpedo tubes; 120 mines;
Armor	Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in); Deck: 60 mm; Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in);

SMS Graudenz was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers. She had one sister ship, SMS Regensburg. The ship was built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel, laid down in 1912 and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in August 1914, days after the outbreak of World War I. She was named for the then-German town of Graudenz (now Grudziądz, Poland). The ship was armed with a main battery of twelve 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns and had a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph).

Graudenz saw extensive service during World War I, including serving as part of the reconnaissance screen for the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group during the raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in December 1914. The ship also took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915, and the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915. She had been damaged by a mine and was unable to participate in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. She was assigned to the planned final operation of the High Seas Fleet in October 1918, weeks before the end of the war, but a major mutiny forced the cancellation of the plan. After the end of the war, the ship was ceded to Italy as a war prize and commissioned into the Italian Navy as Ancona; she remained in service until 1937 when she was stricken and broken up for scrap.

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History
Postcard depicting a sketch of Graudenz's sister ship SMS Regensburg
German Empire
Name	Graudenz
Namesake	City of Graudenz
Builder	Kiel Navy Yard
Laid down	1912
Launched	25 October 1913
Commissioned	10 August 1914
Stricken	10 March 1920
Fate	Ceded to Italy in 1920
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Ancona
Namesake	City of Ancona
Acquired	1 June 1920
Stricken	11 March 1937
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Graudenz-class cruiser
Displacement	Normal: 4,912 t (4,834 long tons) Full load: 6,382 t (6,281 long tons)
Length	142.7 m (468 ft 2 in)
Beam	13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
Draft	5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
Installed power	12 × water-tube boilers 26,000 shp (19,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	27.5 kn (50.9 km/h)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew	21 officers 364 enlisted men
Armament	As built: 12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 guns 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes After refit: 7 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns 2 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 anti-aircraft guns 4 × 50 cm torpedo tubes 120 mines
Armor	Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in) Deck: 60 mm Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)