sms sms light cruiser german kaiserliche_marine world war lead ship class sister ships built hull laid early launched later year november commissioned high_seas_fleet june armed main battery guns speed mph saw action engagements british war including raid december following month saw action russians occasions battle gulf august november end war ceded france war prize renamed served briefly french_navy including deployment asia stricken broken years later design ordered contract laid early shipyard danzig launched november fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet june ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets steam turbines driving meter propellers designed metric horsepower shp powered coal fired marine water tube boilers gave ship speed knots mph carried long tons short tons coal gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew eighteen officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft replaced guns carried anti aircraft guns replaced pair anti aircraft guns equipped pair torpedo tubes submerged hull deck mounted torpedo tube launchers added carry mines conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history commissioning served reconnaissance forces german fleet october cruiser steamed north_sea lay minefield realizing british forces operating broke operation returned port major action world war raid december assigned light cruisers tasked screening battlecruisers commanded rear admiral battlecruisers conducting towns laid field mines british coast german forces withdrew weather bad hipper ordered light cruisers steam independently rendezvous main fleet joined battlecruisers proceeded little month later saw action january engagement began encountered british cruiser hms aurora ships opened fire drawing british german battlecruiser squadrons action quickly scored hits aurora replied hits shells struck waterline shell hit ship waterline hits killed men august ship went baltic participate assigned serve flotilla leader half torpedo boats assault force 10th joined battlecruiser der shell island numerous reports submarines area convinced germans withdraw august russian submarine fired single torpedo missed november returned baltic attack operation point assigned flagship sister october ships left escort operations attacked russian inch coastal guns approach temporarily forced turn away anchored began clear path minefields days later joined dreadnoughts sweep ensuing battleships destroyed old pre dreadnought forced pre dreadnought leave gulf later day moved gulf engaged russian coastal battery minutes starting russian guns return fire ceased firing anchored landing party men assembled capture russian guns landed island landing party captured guns rendered reduced serve coastal defense ship stricken naval register november subsequently surrendered french april commissioned french_navy assigned colonial tour asia old armored cruiser september french ships contributed multi national landing party men drawn violence shanghai remained french service years stricken july ultimately broken scrap years later brest france
SMS Kolberg