5.9 in light cruiser Leipzig - she was torpedoed by a British submarine in December 1939, repairs taking a year, and then served mainly in the Baltic theatre till critically damaged in a collusion with heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in October 1944, effectively ending her operational career. She served as a barracks ship thereafter.
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