sms stettin sms stettin majesty ship stettin class light cruiser marine sister ships laid vulcan stettin shipyard stettin launched march commissioned high_seas_fleet seven months later october like sisters stettin armed main battery guns pair torpedo tubes capable speed excess knots mph stettin joined battlecruiser cruiser bremen goodwill visit united_states outbreak world war stettin served reconnaissance forces german fleet saw heavy service years war including battle bight august june smaller operations north baltic seas withdrawn service training ship end war aftermath germany defeat stettin surrendered allies broke scrap construction stettin ordered contract laid vulcan shipyard namesake city launched march fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet october ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired marine type boilers provided speed knots mph range approximately nautical miles knots mph stettin crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition amounting shells gun ship equipped guns rounds ammunition equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside ship protected armored deck thick amidships conning tower thick sides service history commissioning stettin served high_seas_fleet german waters early stettin assigned goodwill cruise united_states battlecruiser german capital ship visit light cruiser bremen ships left kiel arrived virginia met greeted president aboard presidential yacht uss touring east_coast weeks returned kiel june actions north_sea outbreak world war august stettin serving north_sea high_seas_fleet august cruiser hamburg escorted flotilla boats north_sea attempt draw british fleet attacked boats force returned port august having encountered british warships weeks later august stettin involved start engagement stood support line torpedo boats patrolling bight stettin anchor northeast island ships german screen command rear admiral commander reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet british attacked german torpedo boats hipper immediately dispatched stettin cruisers distant support come aid stettin received report german torpedo boats contact british immediately weighed anchor steamed support minutes later encountered british destroyers opened fire range attack forced british ships break turn west engagement aboard stettin spotted british cruiser distance join battle british withdrawn range stettin fell steam boilers portion battle ship hit starboard gun killed men badly injured intervention prevented british sinking torpedo boats stettin steam boilers capable speed returned battle encountered british destroyers immediately attacked opening fire hits observed british formation dispersed fled visibility decreased stettin longer fleeing destroyers broke chase ship hit times return causing significant damage killing wounding men stettin reached cruiser coming attack british battlecruisers stettin crew large muzzle flashes having disabled turned stettin saved ship able escape missed encountered danzig german battlecruisers von der reached scene time british withdrawn hipper followed closely ordered light cruisers fall ships conducting short reconnaissance west germans returned port arriving wilhelmshaven december battlecruisers led hipper conducted bombardment english coast main body high_seas_fleet commanded admiral stood distant support stettin torpedo boats screened rear formation evening german battle fleet dreadnoughts pre dreadnoughts came nmi isolated squadron british battleships skirmishes rival screens darkness convinced faced entire grand fleet orders avoid fleet broke engagement turned battle fleet germany operations baltic consisted stettin danzig torpedo boats sent baltic_sea support major operation russian positions operation commanded commander reconnaissance forces baltic tasked screening north prevent russian naval forces moving armored cruisers warships bombarded port russians attempt intervene force cruisers admiral russian ships briefly engaged sides unsure strength shortly bombardment captured advancing german army stettin rest recalled high_seas_fleet battle jutland german fleet commander admiral planned major operation cut destroy isolated squadron british fleet operation resulted battle jutland june battle stettin served flagship commodore commander tasked screening main german german fleet approached scene engagement british german battlecruiser squadrons stettin steamed ahead leading german battleship rest group dispersed screen submarines stettin heavily engaged early phases battle encountered british cruiser stettin briefly fired british ship poor visibility forced ships cease fire turned ships degrees away disappeared withdrawal battle night battlecruisers passed ahead stettin closely forcing slow rest notice reduction speed ships disorganized shortly british 2nd came german cruisers joined hamburg ferocious close range ensued stettin hit twice early engagement set fire shell fragment steam pipe ship escaping steam impaired visibility forced ship abandon attempt launch torpedoes melee hit approximately eighteen shells including stettin meantime german cruiser set fire sunk german cruisers turned avoid sinking wreck dispersed remained stettin ships accidentally attacked german destroyers june german fleet evaded british fleet reached germans returned port course battle stettin suffered men killed wounded fired total rounds ammunition guns fate stettin withdrawn line service training ship boat school served capacity end war article treaty versailles ended war armistice ceased fighting november stettin listed warships german service surrendered allied powers accordingly stricken november surrendered great_britain war prize september transfer sold copenhagen dismantled scrap
SMS Stettin