Navis Neptun 51N SMS Dresden, German WW1 Light Cruiser (1909) 1/1250

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Dresden was the sister-ship of SMS Emden but Emden had been fitted with reciprocating machinery and Dresden with turbines Dresden proved faster than Emden but the turbines were not as economical on coal at cruising speed. When operating as part of von Spee's East Asiatic Squadron, Dresden had the speed to escape from the Battle of the Falklands but starved of coal, she was eventually tracked down among the islands at the southern tip of South America some months later.
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