sms sms light cruiser german kaiserliche_marine second bear predecessor sms lost class launched october hamburg completed year later january sister dresden light cruisers built kaiserliche_marine sisters scrapped completed ships improvement preceding class cruisers commissioned service high_seas_fleet months end world war result service career limited action participated fleet operation norway attack british convoys scandinavia failed locate convoys returned port participated climactic sortie final days war revolt fleet forced cancel operation ship interned scapa_flow end war scuttled fleet june orders fleet commander rear admiral unlike ships scuttled raised scrapping construction ordered contract laid shipyard hamburg launched october fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet january ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets steam turbines powered coal fired oil fired marine type boilers provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships arranged super firing pair aft guns fired kilogram shell muzzle velocity meters second guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun carried anti aircraft guns mounted centerline astern funnels removed equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes deck mounted swivel launchers amidships carried mines ship protected waterline armored belt thick amidships conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history commissioning command january october dresden joined high_seas_fleet assigned alongside cruisers ships service time major fleet operation norway april second torpedo boat flotilla attack heavily guarded british convoy norway rest high_seas_fleet steaming support germans failed locate convoy fact sailed day fleet left port result admiral broke operation returned port october ships rest lead final attack british navy dresden attack merchant shipping thames estuary rest group bombard targets flanders draw commander chief fleet intended inflict damage possible british navy order secure better position germany cost fleet morning october order given sail wilhelmshaven following day starting night october sailors battleships unrest ultimately forced hipper cancel operation informed situation kaiser stated longer navy following capitulation germany november high_seas_fleet ships command rear admiral interned british naval base scapa_flow ships interned voyage captain fleet commander ship steam turbines leaking dispatched light cruiser remain ship event needed towed despite problematic turbine managed steam port ship german line fleet remained captivity negotiations ultimately produced versailles treaty believed british intended seize german ships june deadline germany signed peace treaty unaware deadline extended 23rd ordered ships sunk opportunity morning june british fleet left scapa_flow conduct training maneuvers transmitted order ships sank raised scrapping
SMS Cöln (1916)