SMS Stralsund

	Stralsund in French service as Mulhouse
History
German Empire
Name	Stralsund
Namesake	SMS Stralsund
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen
Laid down	1910
Launched	4 November 1911
Commissioned	10 December 1912
Fate	Ceded to France in 1920 and scrapped in 1935
General characteristics
Class and type	Magdeburg-class cruiser
Displacement	Normal: 4,570 t (4,500 long tons); Full load: 5,587 t (5,499 long tons);
Length	138.7 m (455 ft 1 in)
Beam	13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draft	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Installed power	16 × water-tube boilers; 25,000 shp (19,000 kW);
Propulsion	3 × steam turbines; 3 × screw propellers;
Speed	27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range	5,820 nmi (10,780 km; 6,700 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	18 officers; 336 enlisted;
Armament	12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 guns; 120 × mines; 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in); Deck: 60 mm; Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in);

SMS Stralsund was a Magdeburg-class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine. Her class included three other ships: Magdeburg, Breslau, and Strassburg. She was built at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen from 1910 to December 1912, when she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet. The ship was armed with a main battery of twelve 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns and had a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph).

Stralsund was assigned to the reconnaissance forces of the High Seas Fleet for the majority of her career. She saw significant action in the early years of World War I, including several operations off the British coast and the Battles of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank, in August 1914 and November 1915, respectively. She was not damaged in either action. The ship was in dockyard hands during the Battle of Jutland, and so she missed the engagement. After the end of the war, she served briefly in the Reichsmarine before being surrendered to the Allies. She was ceded to the French Navy, where she served as Mulhouse until 1925. She was formally stricken in 1933 and broken up for scrap two years later.

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