Light Cruiser Köln

Köln

國家	德國
艦級	K 級輕巡洋艦
造船廠	Kriegsmarinewerft
Yard Number	116
Slip/Drydock Number	II
訂購日期	1925年4月8日
安放龍骨日期	1926年8月7日
下水日期	1928年5月23日
服役日期	1930年1月1日
沉沒日期	1945年3月30日
排水量	8,350 tons full
長度	571 feet
寬度	50 feet
吃水	20 feet
動力來源	2 steam turbines, 6 boilers, 2 MAN diesel engines, 2 shafts
功率	69,800 shaft horsepower
速度	32 knots
續航力	7,300nm at 17 knots
乘員	850
武裝	3x3x15cm SK C/25 guns, 6x88mm AA guns, 8x3.7cm SK C/30 AA guns, 18x20mm AA guns, 12x533mm torpedoes, 120 mines
裝甲	100mm command tower, 40mm deck, 20mm turrets, 50-70mm belt
Decommission	21 Feb 1943
Recommission	1 Apr 1944
Aircraft	Two Arado 196 floatplanes

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseNamed after the German city of Cologne, light cruiser Köln performed training cruises during the early- and mid-1930s. In 1937, she patrolled the Spanish coast during the Spanish Civil War under the command of Captain Otto Backenkohler as part of the international naval blockade. During the German invasion of Norway in Apr 1940, under the command of Captain Theodor Burchardi, she served with Task Force 3. For the most part between 1940 and 1941, she mined various coastal regions and hunted for Allied convoys. In late Feb 1943, she was damaged during a submarine attack, and was placed under repair between Mar 1943 and 1 Apr 1944. Upon completion of repairs, she served as a training vessel under Lieutenant Commander, later Captain, Hellmuth Strobel. On 12 Dec 1944, she was heavily damaged during a bombing raid, destroying her powerplant. She received temporary repairs in place, and sailed to Wilhelmshaven, Germany for permanent repairs, arriving in Feb 1945; during the transfer to Wilhelmshaven, Lieutenant Commander KK Frotz-Henning Brandes took command in Jan 1945. She was further damaged by bombing raids. During the night of 30 Mar 1945, US bombers struck, caused her to sink on even keel. Since her turrets remained above water, she served as a stationary gun platform until the end of the war, firing at advancing Allied troops. She was scrapped in 1946.

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Last Major Revision: Oct 2009

Photographs

German light cruiser Köln underway in confined waters, circa 1930, photo 1 of 2; note off-centerline positioning of turrets

German light cruiser Köln underway in confined waters, circa 1930, photo 2 of 2

Light cruiser Köln underway, circa early 1930s; this photo was presented as a gift to Mrs. Ruth M. Bence at the time of the ship

View of the stern of light cruiser Köln, with men manning her rails, 1935

See all 13 photographs of Light Cruiser Köln

Köln Operational Timeline

1930年1月1日	Köln was commissioned into service.
1930年1月15日	Cruiser Köln was commissioned into service with Fregattenkapitän Ludwig von Schröder at the helm.
1930年10月15日	Cruiser Köln completed trials and training in the Baltic Sea and North sea.
1930年10月28日	Cruiser Köln began to perform gunnery drills in the North Atlantic.
1931年5月31日	Cruiser Köln conducted training operation in the Baltic Sea.
1931年6月1日	During this month cruiser Köln traveled to Norway and conducted operations in the North Sea, Jutland, and the Baltic Sea.
1932年1月7日	Cruiser Köln began to perform gunnery drills and training operations in the North Atlantic.
1932年1月29日	Cruiser Köln completed gunnery drills and training operations.
1932年9月1日	Fregattenkapitän Otto Schniewind took command of cruiser Köln.
1932年12月8日	Cruiser Köln departed German for her first international voyage that would last one year; she would visit the Mediterranean Sea, Alexandria (Egypt), Suez Channel, India, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific, Japan, Qingdao (China), Indonesia, Ceylon, Suez Channel, Greece, Italy, and Spain.
1933年8月2日	Köln arrived in Shanghai, China.
1933年8月14日	Köln departed Shanghai, China.
1933年12月12日	Cruiser Köln returned from her first international voyage.
1934年6月9日	Cruiser Köln began gunnery drills with pocket battleship Deutschland.
1934年6月28日	Cruiser Köln completed gunnery drills with pocket battleship Deutschland.
1934年11月1日	Cruiser Köln began two months of repairs at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1935年10月1日	Fregattenkapitän Otto Backenköhler took command of cruiser Köln.
1936年5月1日	Cruiser Köln began two months of operations off Portugal.
1936年6月7日	Cruiser Köln began operations off Spain.
1936年6月24日	Albatros departed Spanish waters to escort light cruisers Köln and Leipzig on their return journey to Germany; Möwe replaced Albatros as the flagship of 2nd Torpedo Boat Half-Flotilla.
1936年6月29日	Cruiser Köln completed operations off Spain.
1936年7月30日	Cruiser Köln began operations off Spain.
1936年8月10日	Cruiser Köln completed operations off Spain.
1937年10月1日	Kapitän zur See Theodor Burchardi took command of cruiser Köln.
1938年1月1日	Cruiser Köln began two months of repairs at Kiel, Germany.
1938年10月31日	Cruiser Köln began five months of repairs and refitting at Kiel, Germany.
1939年4月13日	Cruiser Köln began training in the North Atlantic.
1939年5月16日	Cruiser Köln completed training in the North Atlantic.
1939年10月8日	Cruiser Köln began in a raid in the North Sea.
1939年12月12日	Cruiser Köln and other warships screened minelayers during a mining mission.
1939年12月13日	Cruiser Köln returned from screening mission for minelayers.
1940年1月15日	Kapitän zur See Ernst Kretzenberg took command of cruiser Köln.
1940年4月9日	Cruiser Köln participated in the invasion of Norway.
1940年4月11日	Cruiser Köln returned from Norway, arriving at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1941年5月1日	Kapitän zur See Friedrich Hüffmeier took command of cruiser Köln.
1941年9月1日	Cruiser Köln began supporting the invasion of Dagö and Ösel islands and disabled Soviet coastal batteries at Cape Ristna.
1942年2月1日	Cruiser Köln began four months of repairs and refits in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1942年3月1日	Korvettenkapitän Hellmuth Strobel took command of cruiser Köln.
1942年5月1日	Kapitän zur See Martin Balzer took command of cruiser Köln.
1942年7月9日	Cruiser Köln departed for Oslo, Norway, laying mines en route.
1942年7月12日	Cruiser Köln arrived at Oslo, Norway.
1942年7月13日	Cruiser Köln departed Oslo, Norway for northern Norway.
1942年7月14日	Cruiser Köln began a minelaying operation in the North Sea.
1942年7月15日	Cruiser Köln completed a minelaying operation in the North Sea.
1942年8月6日	Cruiser Köln arrived at Narvik, Norway.
1942年9月10日	Cruiser Köln, with Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper, moved to the Alta Fjord to attack Allied Convoy PQ18, but the attack was aborted due to a British submarine attack.
1942年12月13日	Kapitän zur See Hans Meyer took command of cruiser Köln.
1943年2月1日	Cruiser Köln departed a German port for the Baltic Sea.
1943年3月1日	Cruiser Köln was taken out of service and would remain so for one year.
1944年3月1日	Cruiser Köln was towed from Kiel to Königsberg, Germany.
1944年4月1日	Cruiser Köln was recommissioned for training of cadet engineers with Fregattenkapitän Hellmuth Strobel in command.
1944年4月10日	Cruiser Köln began a three-month refit.
1944年7月1日	Cruiser Köln began a three-month training operation.
1944年9月1日	Cruiser Köln conducted minelaying operations off southern Norway during this month.
1944年10月1日	Cruiser Köln conducted convoy operation between Norway and Denmark over the following two months.
1944年12月13日	Cruiser Köln's power stations and starboard engine were destroyed by Allied aerial attacks.
1944年12月31日	Cruiser Köln was damaged by Allied aerial attacks.
1945年1月1日	Fregattenkapitän Frotz-Henning Brandes took command of cruiser Köln.
1945年1月28日	Cruiser Köln departed for Wilhelmshaven, Germany for repairs.
1945年2月14日	Cruiser Köln arrived at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1945年3月3日	Cruiser Köln was damaged by British aircraft at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1945年3月30日	US Eighth Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven, Germany, sinking the already-damaged cruiser Köln on even keel. Her turrets remained above water and operational.
1945年4月28日	Sunken cruiser Köln's turrets fired against enemy troops advancing at Wilhelmshaven, Germany (near Neuenburg and Bockhorn).

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Karl Rupp says:
28 Jun 2010 06:11:32 AM

Cleaning up my fathers posetions I came accress a Zippo like lighter with the Koeln engraved on it. my father was in the German Navy during WWII. However, he was on a minesweeper and a prisoner of war in England.thought you might be interested about the Lighter.

2. Peter Heft says:
18 Nov 2019 04:10:25 PM

My Father was in Shanghai when the Cruiser Koeln visited Shanghai. It arrived on 2 August 1933 having come from Qingdao. It departed on 14 August 1933 heading for Makassar Indonesia. He wrote an article about the visit which was published in his home town newspaper.

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