sms sms fourth vessel member class coastal defense ships built german_imperial_navy sister ships built shipyard armed main battery centimeter guns served german fleet 1890s rebuilt served battle squadron outbreak world war august saw action barracks ship ultimately broken scrap design meters long overall beam maximum draft displaced long tons combat load propulsion system consisted vertical cylinder triple expansion engines steam engines provided coal fired boilers ship propulsion system provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns mounted single gun turrets placed forward located aft main superstructure supplied total rounds ammunition ship equipped guns single mounts carried torpedo tubes swivel mounts deck bow stern amidships ship protected armored belt amidships armored deck thick conning tower thick sides armor consisted new krupp steel effective type armor compound steel members class received service history laid shipyard wilhelmshaven launched july completed april participated annual summer maneuvers sisters assigned participated summer maneuvers simulated hostile fleet served active duty fleet taken drydock shipyard kiel extensive reconstruction ship lengthened increased displacement long tons short tons old boilers replaced new marine type boilers second funnel added secondary battery increased guns torpedo tubes replaced tubes work completed emerging modernization returned service fleet assigned alongside remained fleet outbreak world war august mobilized coastal defense sister ships august crew transferred warships barracks ship boat crews crews coastal defense stationed river june stricken naval register navy planned convert salvage ship plan fell instead sold broken scrap
SMS Heimdall