sms sms class light cruiser german kaiserliche_marine class included ships built shipyard bremen december commissioned high_seas_fleet ship armed main battery guns speed knots mph assigned reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet majority career saw significant action early years world war including operations british coast battles bight bank august november respectively damaged action ship dockyard hands battle jutland missed engagement end war served briefly surrendered allies ceded french_navy served formally stricken broken scrap years later design ordered contract laid shipyard bremen launched november fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet december ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets steam turbines driving meter propellers designed shaft horsepower reached shp service powered sixteen coal fired marine type water tube boilers later altered use fuel oil sprayed coal increase burn rate gave ship speed knots mph carried tonnes long tons coal additional tonnes long tons oil gave range approximately nautical miles knots 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 equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside carry mines ship protected waterline armored belt thick amidships conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history spent majority career reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet august weeks outbreak world war conducted sweep search british reconnaissance forces cruisers encountered group sixteen british destroyers light cruiser distance significantly outnumbered german cruisers broke contact returned port ship major action august british battlecruisers light cruisers raided german reconnaissance screen danzig arrived reinforce rear admiral quickly turned tide british light cruisers shortly british battlecruisers intervened sank flagship rest surviving light cruisers retreated reinforced battlecruisers danzig returned rescued crew participated raid november reconnaissance screen battlecruisers bombarded town laid minefield sank steamer submarine sortied intercept german raiders completing bombardment german squadron returned port encountering british forces present raid screening withdrawal bombarding towns germans nearly intercepted british forces cruiser spotted torpedo boats confusion aboard british flagship allowed german squadron escape december british launched air attack german naval base engaged attacking unable shoot ship reconnaissance screen january assigned screen steamed formation cruiser supported half flotilla torpedo boats spotted heavy smoke large british warships approaching formation main german fleet port unable support battlecruisers hipper decided retreat high speed british battlecruisers able catch germans ensuing battle large armored cruiser sunk available june rearmed guns refit completed shipyard kiel guns replaced seven weapons guns february struck laid british ships north_sea dreadnought kaiser ships steamed escort port ship unavailable major fleet operation april intercept british convoy norway war served briefly reorganized treaty versailles specified ship disarmed handed allies months signing treaty ceded france war prize transaction ship formally handed august ship renamed served briefly french_navy refit brest time thoroughly worn placed reserve shortly completing refit february stricken naval register broken scrap brest ship bell later returned germany display naval memorial
SMS Stralsund