SMS Brummer
Built Vulcan, Stettin, laid down 1915, completed April 1916.
SMS Bremse
Built Vulcan, Stettin, laid down 1915, completed July 1916.
Size:
Length 135 m waterline 140.4 overall, beam 13.2 m, draught 5.94 m, displacement 4,385 tonnes load 5,856
tonnes full load.
Propulsion:
2 shaft Navy turbines, 33,000 shp, 28 knots
Trials:
Brummer 42,797 shp = 28.0 knots
Bremse 47,748 shp = 28.1 knots
Armour:
1.5-0.5in belt, 0.5in decks
Armament:
4 x 150mm (5.9in) SKL/ 45cal (4 x 1), 2 x 88mm (2 x 1), 2 x 500mm (19.7in) TT, 400 mines
Comments:
Minelaying cruisers with emphasis on high speed and mine capacity at the expense of gun armament and
protection. Crew 309.
World War 1 Service:
Brummer
October 1916 II Scouting Group.
December 1916 IV Scouting Group.
1917-1918 Various mine laying operations and raids against enemy merchant ships off Norway.
17 October 1917 Successfully attacked convoy off Norway sinking British destroyers HMS Mary Rose and Strongbow along
with nine merchant ships.
Post war interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow.
Bremse
October 1916 II Scouting Group.
December 1916 IV Scouting Group.
1917-1918 Various mine laying operations and raids against enemy merchant ships off Norway.
17 October 1917 Along with SMS Brummer attacked convoy off Norway sinking British destroyers HMS Mary Rose and
Strongbow along with nine merchant ships.
Post war interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow.
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