A German scout cruiser of the Ger/CS/1905 type

The Frankfurt was one of the first scout cruisers built to the Ger/CS/1905 design in the 1905 building program. This is a picture of the Frankfurt in a seaway, which limits the maximum speed to about 28 knots, instead of the still-water maximum of 36 knots. The type was capable of 36 knots, had 5-4in QF guns and 2-18in TT. They had patches of 2in armor over the machinery spaces. They were 370ft long on the waterline, to reduce the power needed to make 36 knots.

(of course, this was in our Anglo-German naval race game played in 1971)