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SMS ''Emden'' ("His Majesty's Ship ''Emden''") was the second and final member of the of light cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''). Named for the town of Emden, she was laid down at the ''Kaiserliche Werft'' (Imperial Dockyard) in Danzig in 1906. Her hull was launched in May 1908, and completed in July 1909. She had one sister ship, . Like the preceding cruisers, ''Emden'' was armed with ten guns and two torpedo tubes. ''Emden'' spent the majority of her career overseas in the German East Asia Squadron, based in Tsingtao, in the Kiautschou Bay concession in China. In 1913, she came under the command of Karl von Müller, who would captain the ship during World War I. At the outbreak of hostilities, ''Emden'' captured a Russian steamer and converted her into the commerce raider . ''Emden'' rejoined the East Asia Squadron, after which she was detached for independent raiding in the Indian Ocean. The cruiser spent nearly two months operating in the region, and captured nearly two dozen ships. In late October 1914, ''Emden'' launched a surprise attack on Penang; in the resulting Battle of Penang, she sank the Russian cruiser and the French destroyer . Müller then took ''Emden'' to raid the Cocos Islands, where he landed a contingent of sailors to destroy British facilities. There, ''Emden'' was attacked by the Australian cruiser . The more powerful Australian ship quickly inflicted serious damage and forced Müller to run his ship aground to prevent her from sinking. Out of a crew of 376, 133 were killed in the battle. Most of the survivors were taken prisoner; the landing party, led by Hellmuth von Mücke, commandeered an old schooner and eventually returned to Germany. ''Emden''s wreck was quickly destroyed by wave action, and was broken up for scrap in the 1950s. ==Design== (詳細はlong overall and had a beam of and a draft of forward. She displaced at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple-expansion steam engines, designed to give for a top speed of . The engines were powered by twelve coal-fired Marine-type water-tube boilers and drove a pair of screw propellers. ''Emden'' carried up to of coal, which gave her a range of at . She had a crew of 18 officers and 343 enlisted men.〔Gröner, p. 105〕〔Forstmeier, p. 2〕 ''Emden'' was the last German cruiser to be equipped with triple-expansion engines; all subsequent cruisers used the more powerful steam turbines.〔Gardiner & Gray, pp. 159–163〕 The ship was armed with ten 10.5 cm SK L/40 guns in single mounts. Two were placed side by side forward on the forecastle, six were located amidships, three on either side, and two were placed side by side aft. The guns could engage targets out to . They were supplied with 1,500 rounds of ammunition, for 150 shells per gun. She carried a secondary battery of eight SK L/55 guns, also in single mounts. She was also equipped with two torpedo tubes with four torpedoes, mounted in the hull below the waterline. She was also fitted to carry fifty naval mines. The ship was protected by an armored deck that was up to thick. The conning tower had thick sides, and the guns were protected by thick shields.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SMS Emden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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