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Karlsruhe-class cruiser
The ''Karlsruhe'' class of light cruisers was a pair of two ships built for the German Imperial Navy before the start of World War I. The ships— and —were very similar to the previous s, mounting the same armament and similar armor protection, though they were larger and faster than the earlier ships. Both vessels were laid down in 1911, and launched one day apart, on 11 and 12 November 1912. ''Karlsruhe'' joined the fleet in January 1914, but fitting out work lasted slightly longer on her sister; ''Rostock'' was commissioned the following month.
Both of the ships had short service careers. ''Karlsruhe'' was assigned to overseas duty in the Caribbean, arriving on station in July 1914, days before the outbreak of World War I. Once the war began, she armed the passenger liner SS ''Kronprinz Wilhelm'' so it could raid British shipping. After a moderately successful commerce raiding career, during which ''Karlsruhe'' sank sixteen merchant ships and successfully evaded British cruisers, she sank after an accidental internal explosion on 4 November 1914. Most of her crew were killed in the sinking, but the survivors returned to Germany on one of ''Karlsruhe''s attendant colliers by December.
''Rostock'' served as a torpedo boat flotilla leader with the High Seas Fleet following her commissioning; her flotilla frequently screened for the battlecruisers in the I Scouting Group, including during the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915 and operations off the British coast in early 1916. She saw heavy action during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916 as part of the screen for the main battle fleet. In the ferocious night fighting that occurred as the German fleet punched through the British rear-guard, ''Rostock'' was torpedoed by a British destroyer, which immobilized the ship. She was taken under tow by several torpedo boats, but early on the morning of 1 June, the cruiser located the cruiser. To prevent her capture by the British, the Germans scuttled the ship after taking off her crew.
==Design==
The design for the ''Karlsruhe'' class was prepared in 1910,〔 and was an incremental improvement over the previous . ''Karlsruhe'' and ''Rostock'' were faster and had a larger, more raked hull and greater displacement, but had the same armament and armor protection.〔 ''Karlsruhe'' was ordered as ''Ersatz'' and laid down in 1911 at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, under construction number 181. She was launched on 11 November 1912 and commissioned into the fleet on 15 January 1914. ''Rostock'' was ordered as ''Ersatz'' and laid down in 1911 at the Howaldtswerke dockyard in Kiel, under construction number 560. Launching ceremonies took place on 12 November 1912, a day after her sister. She was completed on 5 February 1914, the date she joined the fleet.〔
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