imperial_german_navy lead ship class sister ship sms blitz built dockyard laid launched august commissioned march ship career uneventful served flotilla leader torpedo boats fleet tender briefly mobilized outbreak world war august returned fleet tender duties remained duration conflict stricken naval register march broken scrap later year design blitz meters long overall beam maximum draft forward displaced metric tons long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted horizontal cylinder double expansion engines steam engines provided coal fired locomotive boilers ship propulsion system provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph blitz crew officers enlisted men built ship armed gun placed pivot mount gun supplied rounds ammunition ship equipped guns single mounts torpedo tube mounted bow ship rearmed guns single mounts torpedo tubes bow broadside submerged hull service history blitz laid kiel launched august commissioned german fleet march blitz served flotilla leader torpedo boat flotilla commissioning summer maneuvers august september led torpedo boats armored warship division composed division comprised old sail time future architect high_seas_fleet commanded blitz torpedo boat flotilla starting march led flotilla training exercises lasted july blitz accompanying torpedo boats joined annual fleet maneuvers blitz joined torpedo boat leader training exercises baltic blitz aboard led torpedo boat flotilla britain participate delegation headed prince future kaiser present cruise aboard blitz flotilla german waters annual august september maneuvers formed blitz transferred iii flotilla july blitz joined squadron ships newly crowned kaiser tour baltic ports included visit russia august september fleet maneuvers led fourteen torpedo boats iii flotilla squadron defending wilhelmshaven simulated hostile squadron maneuvers blitz torpedo boats led mock attack main fleet fleet maneuvers late blitz flotilla german force blitz given task defending germany baltic coast simulated russian blockade blitz took training exercises maneuvers war france russia blitz remained baltic defend simulated russian attack participated summer exercises simulated hostile squadron sister august september participated annual summer fleet maneuvers exercises assigned simulated german squadron tasked defending simulated enemy fleet north_sea conclusion maneuvers blitz withdrawn active service tender fleet assigned tender new dreadnought battleships wore white identification band funnel distinguish sister wore yellow identification stripe outbreak world war august mobilized coastal defense ship duty lasted year returned fleet tender duties served capacity remainder war stricken naval register march sold marks broken scrap later year wilhelmshaven
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