Brummer class

===Description===
This cruiser design was born soon after the outbreak of the war. Several sets of turbines, which had been ordered for the projected Russian battlecruiser Navarin, were nearing completion when they were seized by the German government. This made it possible to build a special kind of fast hybrid cruiser, a mixture between mine laying ship and small cruiser. With the turbines almost complete, planning and building time could be kept short, so both ships could enter fleet service in 1916. To achieve maximum speed, the boilers were mostly oil fired, whereas most other German cruisers used a mixture of coal and oil firing. With mines as the main armament, the artillery complement was reduced to four 15cm guns to conserve weight, and the armour protection was reduced to about half the usual strength. This made it possible to carry up to 400 mines instead of the usual 120. As the ships were expected to operate in enemy waters, their silhouette was similar to contemporary British light cruisers of the Arethusa class.
===Ship data===
Relative combat value: 1347
Basic damage control capacity: 84%
Dimensions
Displacement: 4385 tons
Length: 140 m
Width: 13 m
Draught: 5 m
Standard crew: 309
Performance
Maximum speed (undamaged): 28 knots
Endurance: 10747 km
Coal capacity: 1600 tons
Armour protection
Conning tower armour: 4
Hull armour: 0.75
Main belt armour: 2.75 (includes backing slope of deck armour)
Deck armour: 0.5 (sloped at edges to provide additional belt level protection)
Best armour type: Harvey
Armament
4 x 15cm SK L/45 22(S), centrally controlled. Ammo: 512 rounds
2 x 8,8cm Flak L/45, centrally controlled. Ammo: 400 rounds
2 x 50cm G7 Torpedoes, centrally controlled. Ammo: 4 torpedoes
400 mines
===Ships in class===
* Brummer
* Bremse
Category:Ship type
Category:Light Cruiser
Category:New cruiser
Category:Kaiserliche Marine
Category:Light Forces
Category:Minelaying Cruiser