class cruiser class group light cruisers built german_imperial_navy world war class comprised vessels sms lead ship ships built modernized ships armed main battery guns design speed knots mph ships assigned reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet instead torpedo gunnery training ship outbreak war august deployed baltic remained north_sea ships assigned patrol duty bight august attacked battle bight sunk battle saw action battle bank january joined battle gulf august ships saw service october ships survived war ceded france renamed served french_navy surrendered japan sold scrap design general characteristics ships class meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft displaced metric tons long tons short tons designed displacement displaced long tons short tons combat load displaced long tons short tons displaced long tons short tons displaced long tons short tons ships steel built hulls constructed longitudinal transverse steel frames hulls contained thirteen watertight compartments double extended percent length keel ships good sea boats suffered severe rolling fairly stiff large turning radius steering controlled single rudder transverse metacentric height ships standard crew officers enlisted men carried number smaller vessels including picket boat barge cutter machinery ships slightly different propulsion systems order test engines competing companies equipped sets steam turbines driving bladed propellers diameter powered turbines driving pair bladed screws diameter initially turbines sea trials replaced sets turbines bladed screws diameter wide equipped sets parsons turbines bladed screws diameter ships equipped marine type water tube boilers divided boiler rooms centerline equipped oil firing increase burn rate coal fired boilers sunk time ships engines designed shaft horsepower exception engines rated shp powered coal fired marine water tube boilers evenly spaced funnels gave ships speed knots mph powerful engines gave half knot speed advantage ships exceeded figures speed trials cruisers reached speeds excess knots mph carried long tons short tons coal long tons short tons oil gave maximum range approximately nautical miles knots mph carried long tons short tons coal allowed steam nmi cruising speed carried long tons short tons coal cruising radius nmi carried long tons short tons radius action armament armor ships armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft guns replaced guns carried anti aircraft guns replaced surviving ships pair anti aircraft guns equipped pair torpedo tubes submerged hull deck mounted torpedo tube launchers added ships carry mines ships protected combination normal steel krupp cemented steel armor consisted layer krupp steel backed layers steel stern stem deck covered thick armor aft thick armor plate machinery spaces thick armor forward machinery spaces bow ships funnels thick conning tower thick sides thick roof main battery guns equipped shields thick construction ordered contract laid early shipyard danzig construction number launched november fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet june modifications went drydock kiel ordered laid vulcan shipyard stettin built construction number launched january commissioned fleet october ordered contract laid shipyard kiel construction number launched june fitting completed commissioned fleet june ordered shipyard kiel keel laid building number launched july commissioned fleet october returned shipyard kiel modernization service history commissioning assigned reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet instead training ship torpedo crews gunnery assigned flagship outbreak world war august deployed patrol line based island mobilized active service sent baltic participated operation saw shots war fired russians august morning august supported battlecruisers vice admiral broke attacked patrols confused action sunk light cruisers battlecruisers respectively majority crewmen picked british ships lost survivor stationed port attack steamed support german forces british departed time reached scene continued serve reconnaissance forces north_sea including seeing action raid december laid minefield british coast january fired shots scored hits engagement cruiser heavily engaged baltic june participated operation saw loss joined sister baltic battle gulf august operation battlecruiser von der bombarded russian positions steamed gulf battleship sank russian damaged august danger british russian submarines gulf prompted germans withdraw participated unsuccessful attempt force gulf late ships present large scale assault october ships involved variety operations including screening battleships destroyed russian opposition gulf men landed islands destroy russian gun battery ships survived war treaty versailles ended war ships awarded victorious powers war prizes allocated france commissioned french_navy transferred japanese control having use sold ship scrapping saw tour colonial duty asia participated multinational operation protect foreign nationals chinese unrest shanghai subsequently stricken broken scrap brest france
Kolberg-class cruiser