sms berlin majesty ship berlin member seven vessel bremen class built imperial_german_navy year long career served kriegsmarine built danzig laid launched september commissioned high_seas_fleet april armed main battery guns torpedo tubes berlin capable speed knots mph berlin served reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet commissioning sent abroad overseas duties returned scouting forces following year remained years world war spent disarmed cruisers permitted germany treaty versailles remained service new 1920s training ship withdrawn active duty later barracks ship kriegsmarine role filled world war end war loaded chemical weapons scuttled construction berlin ordered contract laid launched september fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet april ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines designed indicated horsepower speed knots mph engines powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers berlin 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 berlin modified carry naval mines ship protected armored deck thick conning tower thick sides guns protected thick shields service history commissioning berlin assigned reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet deployed abroad service foreign stations returned germany following year rejoined fleet cruiser squadron october ship left germany bound veracruz relieve caribbean ship carry mines drydock unavailable day month october british submarine hms attacked berlin torpedoes missed end year berlin disarmed coastal defense ship role performed end war berlin light cruisers germany permitted retain treaty versailles service newly reorganized berlin served training cruiser starting year assigned ship went norway november january berlin departed german waters extended overseas cruise time german warship end world war cruise met naval cadet went close friend eventual architect holocaust berlin conducted training cruise world included stop training duties lasted withdrawn service starting kriegsmarine berlin barracks ship kiel survived world war aftermath war loaded chemical weapons scuttled dispose
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