sms frankfurt sms frankfurt light cruiser class built german kaiserliche_marine sister ship sms ships similar previous class cruisers ship laid launched march completed august armed guns frankfurt speed knots mph displaced long tons short tons load frankfurt saw extensive action high_seas_fleet world war served primarily north_sea participated battles jutland jutland lightly damaged british cruiser crew suffered minor casualties end war interned bulk german fleet scapa_flow fleet scuttled june frankfurt ships successfully sunk ceded navy war prize ultimately expended bomb target tests conducted navy july design frankfurt ordered contract laid shipyard kiel launched march 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 frankfurt carried tonnes long tons coal additional tonnes long tons oil gave range nautical miles knots mph frankfurt 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 operation frankfurt saw action april frankfurt assigned reconnaissance screen battlecruisers temporarily command friedrich raid frankfurt attacked sank british armed patrol boat english coast reports british submarines torpedo attacks broke chase turned east high_seas_fleet point warned grand_fleet sortie scapa_flow turned germany battle jutland battle jutland june frankfurt served flagship commander screening battlecruisers commanded von hipper frankfurt engaged action battle cruiser screens german british battlecruiser squadrons encountered frankfurt briefly fired british light cruisers british ships turned away half hour later fast battleships 5th battle squadron reached scene opened fire frankfurt german cruisers ships quickly fled hit shortly british destroyers attempted attack german battlecruisers heavy fire frankfurt forced british ships break attack frankfurt rest encountered cruiser opened fire scored hits ship rear admiral hood battlecruisers intervened scored hit disabled ship hour later chester scored hits frankfurt quick succession inch hits area frankfurt mainmast pair inch hits inch shells hit forward waterline second exploded water near stern damaged screws frankfurt spotted cruiser destroyers shortly fired torpedo british cruiser turning german line guns avoid drawing british german battleships hours later frankfurt encountered pair british destroyers fired briefly retreated speed june german fleet evaded british fleet reached frankfurt men killed eighteen wounded course engagement fired rounds ammunition pair shells launched single torpedo subsequent operations ship participated october operation eliminate russian naval forces held ship commanded rear admiral following month frankfurt rest engaged second battle bight cruisers escorted clearing paths minefields laid british dreadnought battleships kaiser stood distant support battle frankfurt fired torpedoes attacking british cruisers failed score hits british broke attack german battleships arrived scene germans withdrew october frankfurt accidentally rammed sank boat killing seven crew seven survivors pulled water raised salvage october war repaired service final weeks war hipper 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 high_seas_fleet ships including frankfurt interned british naval base scapa_flow command fate 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 british sailors boarded frankfurt beached sink raised following month transferred united_states_navy war prize formally taken march england commissioned navy june frankfurt towed united_states ship ultimately expended bomb target july bombers virginia attacks started small pound bombs caused minor hull damage bombers changed larger bombs martin bombers hit frankfurt bombs sank ship
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