sms sms majesty ship named city class light cruiser built german_imperial_navy kaiserliche_marine sisters included stettin built kiel laid early launched april year completed april armed inch guns guns submerged torpedo tubes speed knots mph served fleet briefly deployed overseas assigned outbreak world war august returning german naval base mexican waters rejoined rest squadron commanded vice admiral steamed pacific_ocean encountered british squadron commanded ensuing november british squadron defeated finished british cruiser month later germans attempted raid british base powerful british squadron included pair battlecruisers port commanded vice admiral ships chased destroyed german cruisers sank heavy loss life construction ordered contract blitz laid kiel january launching august mayor namesake christened fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet april ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired marine type boilers provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun ship equipped guns rounds ammunition equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside ship protected armored deck thick amidships conning tower thick sides service history serving briefly fleet german waters sent overseas assigned kaiserliche_marine admiral count mexican revolution positioned west coast mexico relieved leipzig returned home base summer steaming pacific relieve leipzig mexico station outbreak world war planned return squadron germany sailing pacific rounding forcing way north atlantic august core armored cruisers decided best place concentrate forces northern german possession central pacific available supply ships passenger liners ordered meet august arrived pagan joined supply ships auxiliary cruiser cruisers departed central pacific bound chile august captain commodore persuaded ship commerce raiding ships arrival august september detached tender cut british cable system cruiser flew french ensign defenders succeeded destroying station september rejoined fleet later day order german high command informed activities sent september honolulu send word neutral countries chose ship british aware left mexican waters presence hawaii movements entire ordered contact german agents prepare coal stocks south_america squadron use brought news allied conquest german colony september decided use armored cruisers raid british base sent escort squadron rendezvous location battle september rest bombarded colony bombardment french sunk gunfire german ships fear mines harbor prevented seizing coal lay harbor october squadron reached joined dresden leipzig sailed american waters week area ships departed chile oppose german squadron coast south_america british resources command rear admiral armored cruisers hms good hope light cruiser glasgow auxiliary cruiser flotilla reinforced elderly pre dreadnought battleship armored cruiser defence arrive left likely felt slow speed prevent bringing german ships battle evening october steamed chile headed eastward learned glasgow spotted 31st turned port arrived afternoon november surprise encountered good hope glasgow miles british glasgow spotted germans formed line good hope lead followed glasgow rear decided hold engaging british sun set point british ships sun distance rest german squadron joined ensuing action later delayed searches neutral arriving late battle found drifting finished gunfire range november steamed chile resupply coal supplies limited hours international law allowed warships neutral port time cruisers leipzig dresden return decided raid british shipping routes november coal crews coal ships decks allow steam way port santa arranged meet december battle aftermath decided attack british base port stanley raid harbor destroy wireless station burn coal stocks rest squadron screened british warships incorrect impression british detached pair battlecruisers invincible cruisers command vice admiral track squadron defeat return approached islands early december old battleship opened fire drove germans surprised warships harbor decided retreat steamed away mph single file line second ship line ordered ships raise steam pursue germans battlecruisers caught opened fire decided hold battlecruisers allow light cruisers time escape response sent light cruisers chase dresden leipzig chased opened fire extreme range approximately kent unable reply range fell time began firing rapidly turned port order bring entire broadside action kent ships steered courses distance cruisers dropped time kent shells causing major damage fire broke forward dead water ceased firing kent temporarily ceased fire noticing flying battle resumed combat minutes struck colors kent crew prepared lower pick survivors men picked ship capsized sank died rescued dead sons total officers men killed battle course engagement hit kent thirty times cause significant damage shell struck kent guns ignited charges inside magazine flooded fire destroy ship sinking commemorated painting entitled man depicted german sailor waving imperial ensign slipped beneath waves
SMS Nürnberg (1906)