sms sms protected cruiser victoria class built german_imperial_navy kaiserliche_marine 1890s laid vulcan shipyard launched april commissioned navy july ship named semi legendary medieval town armed battery guns guns speed knots mph served abroad years career station americas participated venezuela crisis bombarded fortresses returned germany torpedo training ship modernized school ship naval cadets november participated international naval protest balkan war outbreak world war mobilized served line duty briefly barracks ship ultimately sold scrapping design ordered contract laid launched december fitting work commenced commissioned german navy september ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons combat load propulsion system consisted vertical cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired belleville boilers engines provided speed knots mph range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single turrets forward aft guns supplied rounds ammunition range carried guns mounted turrets amidships placed casemates guns range carried guns gun armament rounded machine guns equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes launchers mounted broadside bow waterline service history following commissioning sent overseas commander captain sea ship assigned small cruiser inspected potential naval base germans determined port insufficient purposes late small cruiser sent venezuela force government grievances related internal conflicts 1890s starting december participated german naval contingent venezuela crisis british merchant ship boarded crew arrested forces december response british forces bombarded forts enlisted attack tasked fortresses january attacked fort san repulsed sent silence guns january bombardment fort set destroyed fortress ammunition magazines exploded cause major damage ship accident significant long term consequences exposed german charges germans reworked composition service new stable saved german battlecruisers destruction magazines penetrated british shells world war january ship visited new_orleans rest time included detached returned germany torpedo training ship starting went dry dock refit originally modernization funnels refit finished point cadet training ship ship cruised western mediterranean autumn sister old cruiser region bulgarian army march constantinople balkan war deployed naval force ensure safety foreign nationals ottoman_empire battlecruiser sent constantinople force international fleet sent ashore force officers men force withdrawn crete imminent february fighting broke island seized greece january haiti presidency sought refuge aboard ship landed marines american cruiser port prince prevent rioting capital short career world war outbreak hostilities briefly mobilized tasked training cadets baltic_sea end ships removed service service coastal defense ship withdrawn line duty employed barracks ship kiel stricken naval register december sold ship breakers scrapped following year
SMS Vineta (1897)