sms sms light cruiser class built imperial_german_navy kaiserliche_marine sister ship ships similar previous class cruisers ship laid launched january completed august armed guns speed knots mph displaced long tons short tons load saw major action june ship badly damaged gunfire battlecruiser hms invincible battle fleets center hard fought action saw destruction british armored cruisers heavy fire british fleet prevented evacuation ship crew remained afloat early hours june sank crew member survived sinking wreck located german_navy divers design ordered contract laid vulcan shipyard stettin launched january fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet august rushed trials ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets marine steam turbines driving meter propellers designed shaft horsepower powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers oil fired double ended boilers gave ship speed knots mph carried tonnes long tons coal additional tonnes long tons oil gave range nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships placed superfiring pair aft guns engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun ship armament initially consisted guns replaced pair anti aircraft guns equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside mounted deck amidships carry mines ship protected waterline armored belt thick amidships conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history commanded captain assigned light cruisers friedrich took june sister ship frankfurt served flagship unit assigned screen battlecruisers von hipper scouting group start battle cruising starboard placed frankfurt engaged british cruiser screen rest encountered cruiser opened fire scored hits ship sides cruisers rear admiral hood battlecruisers intervened flagship hms invincible scored hit exploded engine room disabled ship commander leading element german battle line ordered dreadnoughts cover stricken simultaneously light cruisers british 3rd 4th attempted torpedo attack german line steaming range battered main guns destroyer steamed yards fired single torpedo crippled cruiser hit directly conning tower ship remained afloat ensuing melee armored cruiser blew hms warrior fatally damaged launched torpedoes remained success shortly iii flotilla torpedo boats attempted rescue crew heavy fire british battle line drove attempt reach ship torpedo boat crews lost sight cruiser unable locate ship finally sank crew member survived sinking picked norwegian steamer following day killed known writer poetry fiction dealing life fishermen sailors known pseudonym honored having training kriegsmarine german_navy respectively named wreck found divers german_navy removed ship screws ship lies sea floor upside german cruiser sunk jutland located
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