sms sms majesty ship german light cruiser belonging class built world war served german_imperial_navy end war point ceded france ship named previous destroyed battle earlier war mounted stem head honor earlier new cruiser laid shipyard bremen launched february commissioned high_seas_fleet december armed guns ship speed mph commissioning assigned serve flotilla leader torpedo boats participated major action october shelled russian gun batteries troop positions engaged russian destroyers ship led successful albeit minor operation british shipping north_sea december end war interned rest german fleet scapa_flow june interned fleet scuttled run aground british ships sink completely ceded france treaty versailles badly damaged attempted service french_navy instead target broken scrap construction specifications ordered contract laid shipyard bremen launched february 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 powered coal fired oil fired marine type boilers provided speed mph range nautical miles mph ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships arranged super firing pair aft supplied rounds ammunition shells gun carried anti aircraft guns mounted centerline astern funnels 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 october serving flagship commander torpedo boats assigned initial assault october tasked bombarding russian gun given command landings opened fire gun battery fell short hit disabled telephone wires speaking tubes rendered central control russian guns impossible russian guns german troops began ashore unopposed half hours later pair russian destroyers attempted intervene engaged drove morning group russian destroyers attack german fleet moved forward support german screen opened fire leading destroyers range meters destroyers times shell splinters russians suffered casualties wireless equipment destroyer disabled pair destroyers briefly engaged weather poor germans erected signal station assist directing fire russian arrived pair destroyers intended use long range guns drive arrived briefly engaged ship hit times retreated october participated operation clear body water islands russian naval forces battleship kaiser steam entrance sound support force torpedo boats tasked sweeping russian destroyers approached kept range guns kaiser range approximately opened fire quickly scored hit destroyer round failed explode passed causing ship begin sinking destroyers subsequently steamed high speed remained position outside sound sweep completed day following day initiated bombardment starting morning 18th bombarded russian positions fired shells forced russians retreat october islands german control russian naval forces destroyed forced withdraw ordered naval component return north_sea december led raid british shipping north_sea early 11th left port torpedo boat flotilla split half search british convoy stood support torpedo boats sank located encounter british warships torpedo boats rejoined late 12th returned port october taken final fleet action operation aborted outbreak mutiny fate armistice germany november high_seas_fleet ships command rear admiral interned british naval base scapa_flow scapa_flow crew battleship friedrich der harassed british allowed transfer flag remained remainder fleet remained interned negotiations ultimately produced versailles treaty believed british intended seize fleet june deadline germany sign peace treaty unaware deadline extended 23rd ordered ships scuttled opportunity morning june british fleet left scapa_flow conduct training maneuvers transmitted order ships sink british ships towed close shore beached later floated awarded french_navy march unlike war prize cruisers badly damaged flooding french service instead explosives testing target ultimately broken scrap
SMS Emden (1916)