Protected Cruisers: Victoria Louise Class

[Brian James]

Victoria Louise Class Protected Cruiser SMS Hertha pictured in 1914.

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Two other views of HERTHA......... BTW, good luck hitting anything with her 2 single 8.3", unless it was at point blank range!

Specs (WIKI):

Class and type: Victoria Louise-class protected cruiser
Displacement:
Design: 5,660 t (5,570 long tons)
Full load: 6,491 t (6,388 long tons)
Length: 110.6 m (363 ft)
Beam: 17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft: 6.58 m (21.6 ft)
Installed power:
12 × Belleville boilers
10,000 PS (9,900 ihp)
Propulsion:
3 × triple-expansion steam engines
3 × screw propellers
Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)
Range: 3,412 nmi (6,319 km; 3,926 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:
31 officers
446 enlisted men
Armament:
2 × 21 cm (8.3 in) guns
8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
10× 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns
3 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:
Deck: 4 to 10 cm (1.6 to 3.9 in)
Turrets: 10 cm
Casemates: 10 cm
Conning tower: 15 cm (5.9 in)
DFO

[Brian James]

Detached from the German Navy's East Asia Squadron after five and a half years of service, Victoria Louise Class Protected Cruiser SMS Hertha pictured in 1905 as she makes a stopover in Dar es Salaam on her way from Qingdao to Wilhelmshaven. *Note Regioni Class Protected Cruiser RN Lombardia on the left.