sms sms light cruiser class built german kaiserliche_marine sister ship ship built shipyard bremen laid launched april commissioned high_seas_fleet january named german town ship armed main battery guns speed knots mph rearmed seven guns served reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet world war saw significant action battle jutland june served leader torpedo boat screened battlecruisers end war ceded france renamed took arctic rescue operations searching removed service barracks ship seized germans scuttled harbor protect boat design ordered contract laid shipyard bremen launched april mayor christened ship commissioned high_seas_fleet january ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets marine steam turbines driving meter propellers designed shaft horsepower powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers oil fired double ended boilers gave ship speed knots mph carried long tons coal additional long tons oil gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships superfiring pair aft guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets later replaced seven guns anti aircraft guns equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside deck mounted launchers added gun armament upgraded submerged tubes removed carry mines ship protected waterline armored belt thick amidships conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history completed trials march assigned days later bombarded russian positions near operation lasted 24th captain proposed liner armed guns sent atlantic replace commerce raiding cruisers destroyed early months war fleet commander admiral argued ships eventually sunk possible successes raiders equal loss modern light cruiser large passenger liner suggested plan abandoned took laying operation area august went baltic bombard russian positions time island including lighthouse signal station participated laying operation time september took anti shipping sweeps early continued supporting laying operations reconnaissance sweeps north_sea april participated bombardment conducted battlecruisers rear admiral battle jutland admiral fleet commander planned lure portion british fleet away bases destroy entire high seas fleet planned operation commanded assigned serve leader torpedo boat screened battlecruisers squadron left jade bound waters main body fleet followed hour half later cruiser screens british 1st engaged german formation steamed reach head line battle moving position opposing battlecruisers opened fire german battlecruisers crew noted british shells falling targets placed greater danger battlecruisers british aiming reached head line battlecruiser fired battlecruiser battlecruiser squadrons closed ordered torpedo boats general attack british formation british similarly ordered attack destroyers led hard fought battle close range opposing destroyer forces supported light cruisers battlecruisers secondary guns shortly led attack torpedo boats cruiser canterbury destroyers disabled destroyer shark shifted fire canterbury turned away mist british german main fleets engaged sought withdrawal ordered charge british line rest fleet turned away turn covered torpedo boat attack forced british turn away torpedo boats ordered join attack passed ships realized british turned away range torpedoes having successfully ordered organize torpedo boat attacks british fleet night dispatched flotilla rear german line attack british formation night high_seas_fleet successfully passed british fleet reached june torpedo boats turned rendezvous torpedo boats carrying crew scuttled battlecruiser course battle fired rounds ammunition emerged completely unscathed subsequent operations assigned late october steamed arriving 30th tasked replacing heavy units fleet completed conquest islands battleships risk mines come loose recent storm prompted naval command cancel mission rest ordered return north_sea october october serving flagship commodore commander unit participate final climactic attack high_seas_fleet hipper intended inflict damage possible british navy order secure better position germany cost fleet morning october days operation scheduled begin ordered crew load coal oil division sailors refused work watch engine room personnel changed shore going uniforms refused work ship lieutenant arrested strike crew returned work morning october order given sail wilhelmshaven following day starting night october sailors battleship battleships unrest ultimately forced hipper cancel operation spread sent arriving november night false reports torpedo boats manned communist revolutionaries sailed attack ships reached ordered ships laid confidential materials carried aboard destroyed ammunition magazines flooded fleet command learned incident replaced commodore set restoring ships condition process moved stettin november indicated ships longer fly imperial ensign placed commission new officer arrived stettin serve commander officers crew december escorted british battleship hms hercules carrying kiel french service served newly reorganized end war stricken naval register march placed service june ship surrendered allies port france transferred french_navy renamed served french fleet initially home ported brest transferred toulon remained years underwent major overhaul mph speed trials participated war mid 1920s september battleship paris cruiser supported landing french troops north_africa ships provided heavy gunfire support landing troops early major earthquake struck greece vessels sent aid relief effort international effort provided assistance people assisted search effort wrecked crashed polar ice northeast addition joined search effort went missing arrived norway june search aircraft ship bow designed operate arctic environment crew continually fix wood hull protect ice tanker took assist search effort august located aircraft confirming loss plane search effort called september returned brest way arriving france mid october remained service june placed reserve reused new battleship old cruiser renamed cruiser subsequently barracks ship seized germans scuttled harbor protect boat harbor torpedo attack barrage balloons anti torpedo nets attached ship strengthen defenses boat wreck remains harbor visible low tide
SMS Regensburg