sms sms lead ship vessel light cruiser class built imperial_german_navy built shipyard kiel laid launched march commissioned high_seas_fleet june armed main battery guns torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph initially assigned overseas service participated crisis returned german waters served fleet employed coastal defense ship outbreak world war august served role night january struck navy deemed worth repairing reduced storage hulk role retained end war august stricken naval register sold scrap construction ordered contract laid shipyard kiel launched march fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet june meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines manufactured designed shaft horsepower speed knots mph engines powered coal fired boilers carried tonnes long tons coal gave range nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men armament consisted guns single mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships placed aft guns engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull bow mounted deck launchers broadside ship protected armored deck thick conning tower thick sides guns protected thick shields service history commissioning sent overseas assigned starting december participated crisis anglo german naval force instituted blockade coast secure payment foreign debts unprotected cruiser german contribution blockading squadron joined british cruisers smaller vessels enforcing blockade seized blockade germans took service crew board command captain lieutenant february government reached agreement pay debts concluding confrontation january conducted goodwill visit port new_orleans warships period commanded later commander high_seas_fleet returning germany served high_seas_fleet reduced coastal defense vessel served baltic_sea years outbreak world war august november patrolling baltic attacked british submarine submarine fired pair torpedoes cruiser missed night january struck russian mines north explosion tore screws towed port february german_navy decided old cruiser worth repairing placed service converted hulk danzig moved wilhelmshaven end war formally stricken naval register august broken scrap wilhelmshaven
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