sms sms built imperial_german_navy kaiserliche_marine built britain major warship built germany foreign shipyard ordered new torpedo armed pair torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph making fastest ship german fleet time proved torpedo armed vessel series ultimately developed light cruisers addition impact german warship design influenced numerous navies built dozens similar torpedo vessels served decades career torpedo boat flotilla captained future architect high_seas_fleet cruised mediterranean_sea german warships present british bombardment alexandria protected german interests fishery protection ship outbreak world war necessitated coastal patrol ship served capacity duration war stricken naval register december ship finally sold scrapping august years service design sent alexander von austria examine new torpedoes developed commander chief new imperial_german_navy approved plan develop torpedo arm german fleet placed charge program year naval construction program called tender new torpedo boats tender ordered british firm named major warship purchased german navy foreign shipyard addition planned role tender torpedo boats intended serve test platform new self propelled torpedo german navy experimented handful torpedo ships equipped old torpedo ship design provided basis later german blitz class subsequent light cruisers numerous foreign designs classes french italian austrian torpedo craft general characteristics meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward displaced metric tons long tons short tons designed long tons short tons combat load hull constructed transverse iron frames contained watertight compartments initially small bridge forward new superstructure built included conning tower compass platform chart house added forward funnel good sea boat gentle motion handled poorly head sea bad weather took considerable amounts water dangerous ship crew officers enlisted men later career figure rose respectively career fishery protection ship rose officers sailors carried number smaller boats picket boat cutter later career picket boat removed barges added machinery ships propulsion system consisted horizontal cylinder double expansion engines manufactured sons engines drove bladed propellers wide diameter steam provided coal fired cylindrical boilers manufactured sons single funnel amidships boilers replaced new models refit shipyard kiel built fitted schooner rig sail area square meters supplement steam engines later reduced auxiliary sail engines rated indicated horsepower managed reach ihp maximum power new boilers engines reached ihp speed designed knots mph original boilers knots mph power speed fastest ship german fleet new boilers steam knots mph carry long tons short tons coal allowed steam nautical miles cruising speed knots mph refit electricity generator output kilowatts volts installed armament primary armament consisted pair centimeter torpedo tubes submerged hull bow stern supplied total torpedoes powerful weapons coupled ship high speed powerful vessel period forward torpedo tube relocated swivel launched mounted deck guns installed equipped machine guns later career torpedo tubes removed rearmed guns later removed guns supplied total rounds ammunition engage targets equipped lay naval mines carry service history built london laid launched march completed july commissioned german fleet august experiments early torpedoes tender torpedo boats served aboard ship executive officer crew august ship conducted sea trials north_sea arriving wilhelmshaven august fitting work supervised installation ship torpedo tubes magazine storing torpedoes work lasted september prevented participating annual august september fleet exercises result placed reserve september winter march returned ship prepared service training season year ship ready active duty june conducted sea trials torpedo training entered service june replaced took torpedo testing assigned old tender september participated major test new torpedoes german navy exercises scored hits stationary target deemed great success conclusion maneuvers placed reserve october winter analysis testing showed bow mounted torpedo tube satisfactory tasked armament january moved bow tube swivel mount deck added guns improve defense small warships refit work completed april permitting command ship served ship commander august commander germany torpedo boat flotilla advocated development torpedo craft fleet battleships july maneuvers fleet torpedoed sank old steamer joined cruising squadron consisted steamer operations mediterranean_sea ships present british bombardment alexandria august sent men ashore protect german embassy german run hospital july joined squadron ships newly crowned kaiser tour baltic ports included visit russia ship assigned dispatch vessel north_sea coastal defense ships starting intermittently fishery protection ship september participated final exercises annual fleet maneuvers career fishery protection ship lasted mobilized outbreak world war august coast guard ship duration conflict germany defeat stricken naval register december ship sold august marks broken wilhelmshaven
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