The Emden {s the oldest cruiser in the German Navy, having been Inunched on January 7, 1925, and. commissioned for the first time in. October of that year, She has @ displacement of 6,000 tons, according to the Treaty of Versailles, and is 450 feot in length. She has a beam of 45 feet, and a draught of 17 feet. Her crew consists of 26 officers, one chaplain, seven midshipmen, 45 warrant officers, 119 petty officers, and. 468. men, which include 160 cadets, making a total of 067 all ranks.
Her armament consists of eight inch guns, three 35-inch anti-aircraft guns, and' two double torpedo tubes. 'The topmost speed of the cruiser Is 20. knots. Serving as a_ training. cruiser, ihe ship has carried out during' the last' eleven years six erulges to nearly all paris of the world, Lite 'Leaving Wilhelmshaven on October 10 last year, the cruiser visited Cogliar), Varna, Constantinople, Port Sudan, Port de' Galle, Ceylon, Singapore, Paknam, Victoria on Labuan Island, Yokohama, Nanking, and finally Shanghai, She will make her: homeward "voyage via Padang. Bombay, Alexandria, Syracuse, and Falmouth, starting from Shanghai on February9 and arriving at Wilhelmshaven on April 20, the birthday of Herr Adolph Hiter.
There are many reminders in the ship of the old Emden, which proved 'A fine recorded on this ist is that of Paymaster-Commander Woytchekowsky, His son is now serving as a Lieutenant in the Emden. It is be-Heved that he is the only member of the Emden's crew who Is related one who served on her predecessor the Great War.
"This is the second visit of the Emden to Shanghai, as she spent a few: days in the port in 1991,
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