fourth member ship class built imperial_german_navy built danzig laid launched july commissioned high_seas_fleet september armed main battery guns torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph served reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet peacetime career outbreak world war august deployed coastal defense ship baltic saw heavy service russians supported german drive april damaged mines battle gulf repeatedly attacked allied submarines hit withdrawn line service use gunnery training ship survived war continued service 1920s stricken naval register march broken scrap following year construction ordered contract laid launched july fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet september ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines manufactured designed shaft horsepower speed knots mph engines powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers carried tonnes long tons coal gave range nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships placed aft guns engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside ship protected armored deck thick conning tower thick sides guns protected thick shields service history commissioning assigned reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet role served outbreak world war august reduced coastal defense ship central powers prepared launch early extreme left flank german_army ordered launch attack april assigned naval support attack day attack cruiser shelled port days later army seize requested naval support attack cruisers torpedo boats covered assault city patrolled ensure russian naval forces attempted intervene taken boat tow island russian submarine attacked german vessels launching torpedoes fourth missed recently captured naval base germans began offensive operations baltic june torpedo boats seaplane tender attempted force intended lay minefield russian british submarines intercepted flotilla russian submarine attempted position attack torpedo boats spotted forced june british submarine arrived scene launched spread torpedoes ships fired missed hit torpedo boat sank torpedo boat survived port august assigned fleet break support german_army attempt capture city august germans attempt force torpedo boat sms damaged mines towed attack failed heavy russian resistance operation postponed rearmed newer guns boat configuration gunnery training ship light cruisers germany permitted retain treaty versailles served newly reorganized 1920s ship assigned battleships cruiser berlin stricken naval register march sold torpedo boats total broken scrap following year hamburg
SMS Thetis