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| Displacement: | 6195t standard; 8252t full load |
| Dimensions: | 491' x 46' 7" x 20' 5" |
| Armament at construction | eight 5.9" (8 x 1) three 3.45" (3 x 1) four 23.6" torpedo tubes 200 mines |
| Armor protection: | 2.5" - .5" in armored belt 2.5" - 1" in deck |
| Aircraft: | None |
| Propulsion: | 10,000 hp, three shafts = 19.5 knots |
| Crew: | 559 |
SMS Dresden was the second and final ship of the Cöln class of light cruisers to be completed and commissioned in the German Imperial Navy. She was also the last German light cruiser to be commissioned into service during World War I. Because the ships were completed in early 1918, they had very short careers. On 11 November 1918, Germany signed an armistice ending the war, and the bulk of the modern ships in the German Imperial Navy, including Dresden, was interned at Scapa Flow by the British Navy, pending a decision on its future. On 21 June 1919, the order to scuttle was given by Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, and Dresden was one of many ships successfully scuttled.
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| Cöln | Dresden | Wiesbaden | Magdeburg | Leipzig | Rostock | Frauenlob | Ersatz Cöln | Ersatz Emden | Ersatz Karlsruhe |
| Preceded by: Königsberg class - Followed by: None List of German Imperial Navy ships |
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| Dreadnought Battleships | Pre-dreadnought battleships |
| Nassau | Helgoland | Kaiser | König | Bayern | Brandenburg | Kaiser Friedrich III | Wittelsbach | Braunschweig | Deutschland |
| Battlecruisers | Armored Cruisers |
| Von der Tann | Moltke | Seydlitz | Derfflinger | Mackensen | Ersatz Yorck | Victoria Louise | Fürst Bismarck | Prinz Heinrich | Prinz Adalbert | Roon | Scharnhorst | Blücher |
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| Gazelle | Bremen | Königsberg | Dresden | Kolberg | Magdeburg | Karlsruhe | Graudenz | Pillau | Wiesbaden | Königsberg | Brummer |Cöln | |
