sms sms imperial_german_navy second final member class sister ship laid vulcan shipyard launched january commissioned april like sister plagued excessive vibration poor handling limited active duty career ended career hulk german defeat world war sold scrapping design meters long overall beam maximum draft forward displaced metric tons long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted vertical cylinder triple expansion engines steam engines provided coal fired locomotive boilers ship propulsion system provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph crew officers enlisted men built ship armed guns placed single pivot mounts forward aft guns supplied rounds ammunition carried torpedo tubes mounted submerged bow deck mounted launchers broadside protected thick deck steel armor plating conning tower service history built vulcan shipyard stettin laid launched january completion fitting work transferred kiel commissioned sea trials commissioned german fleet april summer served newly formed annual maneuvers august september served briefly fleet owing large poor handling excessive vibration high speed sister ship quickly placed reserve reclassified light cruisers starting employed harbor defense ship danzig stricken naval register june starting hulk served capacity world war broken hamburg
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