SMS Emden ("His Majesty's Ship Emden ") [a] was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). Named for the town of Emden , she was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Dockyard) in Danzig in 1906.

May 8, 2013 · By early September, the Emden was cruising the Indian Ocean plundering British trade ships – 15 in just a few days. By the middle of the month, panic had gripped the merchant fleet and all voyages between India and Singapore were halted.

SMS Emden ("His Majesty's Ship Emden ") [a] was a German light cruiser belonging to the Königsberg class, built during the First World War. Emden served in the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) until the end of the war, at which point she was ceded to France.

SMS Emden, a light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine, was built in 1908 in the Danzig Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Shipyard). In 1913, the Emden was based in Tsing Tao (China) as part of the German East Asiatic Squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee (1861-1914).

Jul 30, 2018 · In 1906, the German Imperial Navy commissioned a second Dresden class light cruiser and named it the SMS Emden. Under the command of Captain Karl von Muller, the Emden went on a defiant, “piratical” streak throughout the outbreak of hostilities against the Allied forces, a few weeks after WWI was declared.

Mar 30, 2019 · The SMS Emden was a cruiser in the German Imperial Navy. Her keel was laid in 1906 and the ship launched in 1908. After shakedown, she was commissioned in 1909. Her first and only posting was to the East Asia Squadron whose home port was the German concession in China at Tsingtao.

The Imperial German Navy’s SMS Emden was a light cruiser that was completed in 1909, then sent to join the German East Asia Squadron, based in Tsingtao, China. Displacing about 4300 tons, she was armed with ten 4.1 inch guns and two torpedo tubes, which was a …

SMS Emden ("His Majesty's Ship Emden")[lower-alpha 1] was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). She was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Dockyard) in Danzig in 1906, was launched in May 1908, and...

Nov 12, 2014 · On 14 August 1914 Vice Admiral Maximilian von Spee detached Fregattenkapitän Karl von Müller’s light cruiser SMS Emden (3,664 tons, 23.5 knots, 10 x 4.1 inch and 8 x 2 inch guns, 2 x 17.7 inch torpedo tubes) and the supply ship Markomannia from his East Asia Squadron to operate in the Indian Ocean. [1] . Spee wrote in his war diary that:

Jul 31, 2019 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the SMS Emden (1909) Light Cruiser Warship including pictures.