These vessels were the first fast light cruisers which Germany has built in such numbers during recent years. The displacement is 2,600 tons, and the present speed about 20½ knots. They are armed with ten 4·1-in. quick-firing guns and two submerged torpedo tubes. With coal bunkers full the steaming radius at moderate speed is 4,000 knots. A 2-in. steel deck protects boilers and engines from shell fire. Complement: 270 officers and men. NYMPHE. THETIS. ARIADNE. AMAZONE. MEDUSA. FRAUENLOB. UNDINE. ARKONA.[5] (Completed 1901-03.) These ships are protected cruisers of 2,620 tons, with a speed of about 21½ knots. Armament: Ten 4·1-in. quick-firers and two torpedo tubes. There is a 2-in. curved deck over boilers and machinery spaces. With a full coal supply on board, these cruisers have a steaming radius at low speed of slightly more than 4,000 knots. The complement numbers 275 officers and men. [5] Fitted as a mine-layer. HAMBURG. BREMEN. BERLIN. DANZIG. MÜNCHEN. LÜBECK. LEIPZIG. (Completed 1904-06.) These are protected cruisers of 3,200 tons, with a speed of over 22 knots. They are armed with ten 4·1-in. guns and two torpedo tubes. Starting with coal bunkers full, they are capable of steaming 5,000 knots at low speed without re-coaling. A complement of 303 officers and men is carried. KŒNIGSBERG. (Completed 1907.) A protected cruiser of 3,350 tons, with a maximum speed of 24 knots. She was launched in 1905. Armed with ten 4·1-in. quick-firing guns and two torpedo tubes. The radius of action at low speed is 5,000 knots. Complement: 322 officers and men. STUTTGART. STETTIN. NURNBERG. (Completed 1908.) Protected cruisers of 3,350 tons, which are able to travel at nearly 25 knots. They are armed with ten 4·1-in. quick-firing guns and two torpedo tubes. The steaming radius at economical speed is 5,500 knots. Complement, 322 officers and men. DRESDEN. EMDEN. (Completed 1907-08.) Protected cruisers of 3,540 tons, with a maximum speed of 24½ knots. The armament consists of ten 4·1-in. quick-firing guns and two torpedo tubes. The steaming radius at low speed is about 5,800 knots. Complement, 361 officers and men. KOLBERG. MAINZ. AUGSBURG. CÖLN. (Completed 1909-11.) Protected cruisers of 4,280 tons, turbine driven, with a trial speed of nearly 27 knots. They are armed with twelve 4·1-in. quick-firing guns and two torpedo tubes. Their radius of action with bunkers full is nearly 6,000 knots. The complements consists of 379 officers and men. MAGDEBURG. BRESLAU. STRASSBURG. STRALSUND. (Completed 1912.) Fast cruisers of 4,478 tons, able to steam at nearly 28 knots. They are armed with twelve 4·1-in. quick-firing guns and two torpedo tubes. On the water-line there is 4-in. vertical armour, so that these vessels are, strictly speaking, armoured cruisers. They have a large coal supply, and can cover more than 6,000 knots without taking in fresh fuel. Complement: 370 officers and men. ROSTOCK. KARLSRUHE. GRAUDENZ. REGENSBURG.