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|Shipyard:
|Fijenoord, Rotterdam
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|Laid down:
|], 1897
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|] ]
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|Fate:
|Sunk by enemy action on ] ]
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!colspan=2 style="color: white; background-color: navy"|'''General Characteristics'''
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|Displacement:
|4,100t
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|Dimensions:
|94.76 m x 14.76 m x 5.4 m
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|Armament:
|as ''Gelderland'':<br>2 × 150 mm No.3<br>6 × 120 mm No.2<br>6 × 75 mm No.2<br>8 × 37 mm<br>4 × 37 mm revolver guns<br>2 × 75 mm<br>2 × 75 mm mortars<br><br>as ''Niobe'':<br>8 × 10.5 cm FlaK L/45 C/32<br>4 × 40&nbsp;mm Bofors L/60<br>4 × 20&nbsp;mm (4×4) Vierlinge C/38
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|Surveillance:
|2 × FlaK-Kommandogeräte (optical range finders)<br>1 × Würzburg radar
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|Propulsion:
|2 × 3-cycle triple expansion engines<br>12 Yarrow boilers<br>2 shafts<br>10,500&nbsp;PS
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|Speed:
|as ''Gelderland'': 19.5&nbsp;kt (1914)<br>as ''Niobe'': 16 kt (1944)
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|Crew:
|397
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'''DKM Niobe''' (ex-Hr.Ms. ''Gelderland'') was a German AA-cruiser that served during ]. She was sunk in the harbour of ] in ] on ], ].

==History==
The ship began its history as the Dutch ''Holland''-class armoured deck cruiser (''pantserdekschip'') Hr.Ms. ''Gelderland''. After ] she served as an artillery training ship in the Dutch navy. The ship was seized by the Germans during their invasion of ] in 1940. ''Gelderland'' joined the German ''Kriegsmarine'' under its new name ''Niobe''. She was in use between 1940-44, first as a cruiser, then as a training ship, and finally as an AA-cruiser ("Flakschiff").

During the great ] of 1944 the Soviets tried to finish the war against the Finns, once and for all. The Germans came to aid the Finns and among the material brought with them was the AA-cruiser ''Niobe'', which was ordered to strengthen the air defences of Kotka, then one of the most bombed cities of Finland. The Soviet Union put much emphasis on finding and sinking the Finnish coastal defence ship ]. Soviet aerial reconnaissance spotted a large ship in the Kotka harbour and decided to attack it with great strength. 132 bombers and fighters took off on July 16, 1944. The ship was however the ''Niobe'' and the aircraft were met with fierce resistance. 9 aircraft were shot down before the ship was hit by seven bombs and two bouncing bombs (similar to the ones used in ]) from two Soviet ] bombers. The guns were still shooting while she was settling in her shallow grave. 70 men were lost.

The ''Niobe'' was lifted and scrapped in 1953.

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