While re-reading Edwin Hoyt’s _Guerilla: Colonel Von Lettow-Vorbeck and
Germany’s East African Empire_ (New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.
1981 ISBN 0-02-555210-4), a question occurred to me which, despite my
best efforts, I have been unable to answer: Was SMS Konigsberg a
sister of SMS Emden?

I have managed to obtain photographs of the Emden and Konigsberg
(available upon request), but since both are similar in appearance a
visual comparison is of little value. Each carried ten 10.5-cm (4.1 inch)
rapid fire guns and gross speed characteristics were similar (24.5 vs.
24.1 knots maximum speed). Emden was 395 while Konigsberg was 376
feet in length, although both possessed a beam of approximately 43 feet.
Cruising economically both could cover approximately 6,000 miles while
supporting a crew of nearly 320. Thanks in advance, Ed.

Edward Wittenberg
ewitten507@aol.com