Dimensions
- Size
- 7250 t
- Length
- 104,0 m
- Beam
- 1307 m
- Draft
- 5,8 m
104,0 mOverall length
7250 tDisplacement
15 knMaximum speed
Design and service
The story of Cormoran
The former Russian steamer Riäsan was captured by the small cruiser Emden on 04.08.1914. Sent to Tsingtau, the ship was renamed Cormoran and equipped with the guns of the old gunboat Cormoran. Ordered to operate in the South Pacific, the ship had no success in attacking allied ships. Because of coal shortages, it went to Guam where it was interned by the USA. When the USA entered the war in 1917, the ship was scuttled after a fight with American troops on 07.04.1917.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament and performance.
Armament
- 10,5 cm guns
- 8
Performance
- Machinery and speed
- 4750 shp, 15 kn
Construction record
Cormoran
- Laid down
- Schichau Elbing, 1909
- Launched
- March 1909
- Commissioned
- 30.11.1909 (07.08.1914 as auxiliary cruiser)
- Fate
- scuttled 07.04.1917