sms sms majesty ship unprotected cruiser built german kaiserliche_marine second member class sister ship built danzig keel laid september completed hull launched august commissioned service april designed colonial service armed main battery centimeter guns cruising radius nautical miles auxiliary sailing rig supplement steam engines spent majority career overseas briefly served german late early transferred remained years transferred early late decommissioned germany december overhauled tour abroad december briefly spent time venezuela early july october year assigned end year spending chinese waters reassigned remained returned germany end year decommissioned second time target ship later sold scrap broken hamburg design meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted horizontal cylinder double expansion steam engines powered coal fired cylindrical water tube boilers provided speed knots mph range approximately nautical miles knots mph supplement steam engines fitted rig crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts supplied rounds ammunition total range guns mounted broadside gun armament rounded revolver cannons service history laid imperial shipyard danzig september launched august captain sea gave launching speech began sea trials april lasted june completion trials temporarily decommissioned assigned replace destroyed cyclone august recommissioned new assignment departed kiel september bound pacific october cruiser received orders head german replace old sail corvette leipzig deployment abroad arrived october days earlier granted germany assignment reaching conduct formal survey border british kenya conduct formal flag raising new starting november joined fight rebels early december sister ship present ceremonial reception ships involved settling border december mid january leipzig left leaving station april finally released resume original assignment met australia visited ports melbourne sydney underwent overhaul finally arrived july took imperial commissioner tour islands cruiser returned october january commander presided unveiling monument german sailors killed battle december cruiser departed sydney overhaul lasted january march repair work completed went tour germany colonies pacific including june remained stationed december new unprotected cruiser joined december february left overhaul sydney route stop send landing party ashore punish locals attacked german businessmen overhaul lasted march went tour islands including deputy chancellor came aboard ship remained november left tour included stops capital german new_guinea period dockyard work sydney followed february april unrest broke leadership arrested caused movement disperse returned sydney tasked taking exile unprotected cruiser assigned ordered replace november turn ordered return germany departed november route orders changed instead sent stopped cape_town south_africa overhaul finally arrived shallower draft compared predecessor permitted routinely cross mouth time german warship station government steamer available colony responsible conducting patrols colony visited cape_town november way carried granite copy placed portuguese explorer late 15th century original stone monument transported berlin preservation short period dockyard maintenance lasted february march sent response uprising local population send landing party ashore help force secure city march april went period rest crew september departed headed germany arrived kiel november decommissioned december starting early taken drydock major overhaul work lasted august placed reserve completed second deployment abroad december ship commissioned service abroad time reinforce left kiel january arrived time winding apart visits ports presence unnecessary instead ordered german late february left east american station march steamed mediterranean_sea arriving july briefly transferred time october arrived singapore november continued mouth china stationed time went shanghai visited chinese ports followed overhaul august december germany concession early visited ports southern china received orders return went april departing africa arriving july met january present opening railroad line conducted extensive survey west african coast february visited ruins old capital gold coast colony founded prussia 17th century returned survey work southwest africa march transferred german replace route crew helped major fire april arriving conducted normal routine visiting ports colony went cape town overhaul october december march received orders return germany second time arrived wilhelmshaven june decommissioned july stricken naval register march target ship sold august broken scrap hamburg
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