sms sms majesty ship falcon unprotected cruiser class built imperial_german_navy second member class vessels cruiser laid launched april commissioned fleet september month designed overseas service carried main battery centimeter guns speed knots mph served abroad majority career seeing duty americas assisted suppression revolt damaged later uprising transferred following year took venezuela crisis helped enforce anglo german blockade coast recalled germany stricken naval register late subsequently broken scrap design meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted horizontal cylinder triple expansion steam engines powered coal fired cylindrical boilers provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed quick firing guns single pedestal mounts supplied rounds ammunition total range guns placed forward broadside aft gun armament rounded revolver cannon equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes mounted deck service history laid imperial shipyard kiel january contract launched april ceremony prince gave speech wife christened ship commissioned september year sea trials steaming ship ran aground pulled free vessels temporarily decommissioned kiel october recommissioned august order participate annual fleet training maneuvers began month continued september assigned coastal defense ship deployment west africa transferred germany west african colonies western africa conclusion maneuvers departing kiel october replace arriving western africa went second franco war recently broken december captain unsuccessfully attempted negotiate release german merchants held soldiers december returned main german port joined second warship stationed colony borders german south west africa settled treaties portugal britain coast line surveyed detail tasked locating suitable port connect capital departed january arrived days later ship surveyed area thoroughly discovered portuguese placed portuguese explorer late 15th century crew removed protect placed wooden cross mark location ship crew received period rest march time steamed stopping ports way arriving april stone monument later transported berlin preservation steamer stettin departed october granite copy carried cruiser installed place meantime sent response unrest country arrived june temporarily took president aboard protect rebels july sent cape_town south_africa overhaul began november rebellion german south west_africa forced work december ship colony join effort suppress rebels presence proved unnecessary sent cape_town later month arrived admiralty staff transferred colony departed december arriving melbourne sydney deployment pacific arriving melbourne february met sister ship ships departed arriving april conducted gunnery training remained early october returned sydney repair work time sydney possessed shipyard facilities necessary major repairs meant germans dependent australian port warships operational lengthy overhaul took place sydney march july july november period ship surveyed port north main island mid november governor requested presence late december left arriving harbor january met tour germany pacific colonies ended month overhaul sydney followed february april april dropped anchor end august ship steamed met threat rebellion forced trip early november cruise colonies ended stop sydney february departed visit april stopped continuing arriving following month germans including governor colony murdered sent south modern june murderers transported police capital ali island contributed landing party crew november returned days later departed sydney repairs new crew arrived sydney germany april departed sydney tour colonies conclusion cruise returned sydney new commander corvette captain arrived formally took control ship september october left sydney making visits fiji 15th weeks later departed central pacific bound germany region despite rising international tensions concerning succession crisis march harbor unrest island instigated prompted american cruiser uss philadelphia british sloop hms royalist torpedo cruiser shell rebel positions gunfire poorly aimed shells hit kept crew escalating situation prevent diplomatic crisis developing eventually resolved splitting islands german american colonies britain received concessions june fighting situation sister ship arrived time relieve began journey germany july stopping sydney lisbon reached hamburg october crew conducted landing exercise demonstrate practiced tour abroad kaiser greeted congratulated handling crisis october steamed danzig decommissioned november danzig conducted lengthy overhaul modernization deployment americas october recommissioned tour abroad time americas sent reinforce protected cruiser unrest caribbean south_america days later departed crossed atlantic arriving november visited ports area joining training ships light cruiser ordered steam entered amazon march reached march met continued voyage hampered lack accurate maps river pilots finally reached peru april point river sea level nmi pacific_coast travelled nmi river shortage coal prevented proceeding april arrived mouth river arrived port spain trinidad ordered coast venezuela safeguard german interests period unrest route stopped martinique pick load food medical supplies people living recently erupted proceeded venezuela protect german nationals expected fighting based port period stops visit september sent port prince haiti protect german nationals revolution country times landing parties sent ashore protect german time situation venezuela worsened necessitating foreign warships remain coast protect foreign nationals country december ran aground leaving training ship pulled free great difficulty ship damaged accident december east american cruiser division formally established german_navy led flagship occupied operations venezuela crisis germans operated concert british_royal_navy italian regia marina sought government grievances related internal conflicts previous decade crisis began british merchant ship boarded crew arrested forces december response british forces bombarded forts enlisted german squadron assist tasked blockading coast cooperation british squadron february went stayed march october november served ship commander january ship visited new_orleans rest time included stopped united_states june cruised south visit brazilian ports starting july september stopped buenos_aires weeks later continued south continued far north peru end stopped chilean ports way including december meantime east american cruiser division disbanded starting january resumed voyage pacific_coast americas stopping peru colombia central american countries june reached san_francisco stayed weeks july resumed cruise northward visited canada southern alaska return voyage steamed toured spent christmas new year day mexico stopped cruising coast chile august damaged severe storm repairs effected repaired earthquake struck ready sea carried food medical supplies city august september ship returned chile present inauguration ceremony president september returned complete repairs september departed steamed stayed december crossed atlantic steamed january received order return germany departed crossed atlantic proceeding lisbon visited arrived danzig april half years abroad ship decommissioned january evaluation determined worth accordingly stricken naval register october broken following year danzig
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