The Konigsberg was a German light cruiser. She was completed in 1907 and had a displacement of 3,350 knots and a speed of 24 knots. She was armed with ten 4.1 inch guns. At the outbreak of the Great War she was in the Indian Ocean and was sighted by HMS Pegasus on July 31st 1914 steaming out of Dar-es-Salaam. She was eventually destroyed on July the 11th 1915 by HMS Mersey and HMS Severn accompanied by aircraft, after being trapped in the Rufiji River opposite Mafia Island by HMS Chatham. Research Konigsberg
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