SMS Nürnberg
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SMS
Nürnberg was a Königsberg light cruiser laid down by
Howaldtswerke in Kiel in December 1914. She was launched
in April 1916 and assigned to the Hochseeflotte the year
after. She saw action in Operation Albion in the Baltic
Sea in September 1917, and at the second battle of
Helgoland Bight in November that same year where she took
some minor damage. After the armistice in November 1918,
most of the German fleet was internet in Scapa Flow. Due
to suspicions that the British would confiscate their
vessels, the German commander Ludwig
Von Reuter issued the code "Paragraph
11" the
order for the German fleet to be scuttled. 21. June 1919
almost the whole mighty fleet disappeared in the deep,
except for a few smaller vessels and Nürnberg who drifted
and ran aground. She was later re-floated and towed to
Weymouth where she was rigged down and used as target
ship. She was sunk by the battle cruiser HMS Repulse
7.July 1922. The remains of her rest today on a depth of
55 to 60 meter outside Isle of Wight.
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