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Scratch
22-11-2011, 05:43
I'm researching this Pathe clip:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=77006

The second half of the clip has a three-funnel cruiser that I think is one of the two German Graudenz class - probably Regensburg. That ship was ceded to the French in 1920, becoming Strasbourg. The other ship, Graudenz, went to Italy in 1921 and became Ancona.

Can anyone confirm that the ship is one of the two Graudenz class - or offer an alternate identification?

Thanks

Tony
Wolfgang Schwarz
22-11-2011, 11:17
It looks like Regensburg to me. Regensburg had 2 above water torpedo tubes per side, Graudenz onlz one a side. Do you think 2?
Scratch
23-11-2011, 06:27
Wolfgang
Thanks for that. I can't distinguish the number of tubes, but instinct suggests it is Regensburg and not Graudenz. But I could be wrong.

It would be helpful to know what the movements of both ships were immediately after the war, because that might reveal when either ship would have been in company with a British capital ship. (I'm assuming there is a linkage between the two halves of the clip.) Unfortunately I cant make out any ensign on the cruiser ...

I'm wondering if this shot was late 1918, before the Americans left the European theatre.

Kind regards

Tony
designeraccd
23-11-2011, 12:37
If it helps, a photo-note date-of Regensberg.....DFO ;)
Scratch
25-11-2011, 03:41
Magnificent photo. Many thanks.

Tony
designeraccd
25-11-2011, 09:53
More than welcome...ENJOY! DFO :D
Scratch
08-12-2011, 08:05
I have confirmed it is SMS Regensburg, in Kiel in about Nov 1918. According to the info in the WPA record below, Regensburg transported the pilot who took HMS Hercules (with Allied Naval Armistice Commission) through the minefields outside Kiel.

http://www.wpafilmlibrary.com/detail/allied_navy_mission_to_inspect_german_fleet/4894c92e-ac1c-102b-b605-0030482f0128.html

Regensburg also appears late in this Pathe clip:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=77037