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What about the Cöln-class light cruisers?

Cöln and Dresden belonged to the last group completed before the end of the First World War, so they were unavailable for the 1914 campaign.

Imperial German Navy Light Cruisers Scapa Flow World War I

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What about the Cöln-class light cruisers?

Short answer

Cöln and Dresden belonged to the last group completed before the end of the First World War, so they were unavailable for the 1914 campaign.

Notes

Cöln and Dresden were among the last light cruisers completed before the end of the First World War. Both survived to be scuttled at Scapa Flow in June 1919. Their later completion separates them from the ships available to von Spee in 1914.