sms sms sixth member ship class built imperial_german_navy built dockyard kiel laid launched october commissioned high_seas_fleet november armed main battery guns torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph served reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet peacetime career outbreak world war august deployed coastal defense ship disarmed training ship converted barracks ship retained end war served active duty new german_navy 1920s reduced secondary duties remained service barracks ship 1950s ultimately broken scrap design amazon meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines designed metric horsepower shp speed knots mph engines powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers 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 ship protected armored deck thick conning tower thick sides guns protected thick shields service history ordered contract laid shipyard kiel launched october fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet november commissioning employed reconnaissance forces german fleet assigned squadron german home fleet division consisted armored cruiser flagship light cruisers division participated summer fleet maneuvers august september sisters replaced continued fleet reconnaissance role outbreak world war august reduced coastal defense vessel patrolling attacked british submarine hms submarine fired torpedo range missed september british submarine hms unsuccessfully attacked battle gulf disarmed basic training ship naval cadets following year converted barracks ship based kiel role filled end war treaty versailles permitted germany retain light cruisers kept service newly reorganized modernized wilhelmshaven ram bow replaced bow rearmed guns boat torpedo tubes deck launchers served took command ship later went senior admiral world war stricken naval register march ship floating barracks kiel later auxiliary submarine group survived world war barracks ship bremen old cruiser ultimately broken scrap hamburg
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