sms majesty ship second member ship class light cruisers built imperial_german_navy built shipyard bremen laid launched july commissioned high_seas_fleet june named figure greek mythology armed main battery guns torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph ship long career serving german navies yugoslav italian fleets span years service served home overseas waters reduced coastal defense ship outbreak world war survived conflict cruisers permitted treaty versailles german_navy sold ship later yugoslavia renamed served april captured italians axis invasion yugoslavia served italian regia marina italian surrender september seized german italy restored original adriatic briefly december ran aground island subsequently destroyed wreck ultimately salvaged broken scrap design meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines manufactured designed shaft horsepower speed knots mph engines powered coal fired water tube boilers carried tonnes long tons coal gave range nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships placed aft guns engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside ship protected armored deck thick conning tower thick sides guns protected thick shields service history construction early career ordered contract laid shipyard bremen august launched july fitting work commenced commissioned june begin sea trials lasted august placed reserve april ship returned service assigned flagship torpedo boat flotilla 18th replacing elderly blitz worn served position june period took training exercises baltic_sea june left flotilla escorted imperial yacht trip norway visit cut short following death kaiser mother victoria joined squadron annual fleet exercises late august early september following conclusion maneuvers tasked escorting time meet russian september returned wilhelmshaven went drydock alterations lasted october april returned active service april returned duty torpedo boat flotilla stationed baltic july transferred squadron annual training exercises winter cruise end year period corvette captain served ship commander early returned torpedo boat flotilla stint flotilla flagship navy initially planned sending reinforce squadron participating crisis incident concluded sent instead march joined cruisers trip norway remained annual maneuvers followed later year following fleet maneuvers august september decommissioned september spent following years service time underwent major overhaul june recommissioned service left wilhelmshaven july squadron flagship armored cruiser september ship cruised chinese japanese waters years time uneventful january steamed main german port region return voyage germany reached kiel march having badly worn years abroad decommissioned 31st world war outbreak world war august recommissioned coastal defense stationed german bight august september december commander served commander torpedo boat defending jade bight mouth removed line service september crew reduced days later commander torpedo boat returned january previous flagship old coastal defense ship decommissioned remained service reduced crew commodore commander staff briefly headquarters ship june july starting august headquarters ship rear admiral commander period hipper organized office der der commander defense north sea stationed disarmed guns reinforce defenses wilhelmshaven october year commander squadron came aboard bulk high_seas_fleet gone baltic launch temporarily took control hipper staff left august having promoted command high_seas_fleet remained aboard january months war ended armistice transferred old pre dreadnought battleship kaiser use headquarters ship decommissioned february ships permitted treaty versailles end war continued service newly reorganized period significantly modernized old ram bow replaced bow old guns replaced newer guns boat torpedo tubes deck mounted launchers installed june stricken naval register sold later yugoslavia yugoslav service world war yugoslavia initially given ships old austro hungarian navy dissolution empire closing days world war allied powers quickly seized majority ships allocated allied countries left modern torpedo boats yugoslavia sought powerful vessels purchased germany placed sale completely rearmed entered service equipped quick firing guns initially later anti aircraft guns added entering service employed gunnery training ship june submarines submarine tender torpedo boats went cruise malta greek island french tunisia according british naval ships crews good impression visiting malta april axis invasion yugoslavia remained harbor action following yugoslav surrender ship captured italians april ship placed service july cruiser attacked british submarine south torpedoes missed ship fate somewhat unclear according later transferred navy croatia commissioned training ship returned german service september italy surrendered allies significantly reducing warships available germany adriatic german croatian crew operated ship named german flag according ship remained italian hands germany seized september turning croatia ship restoring original point ship armament revised leaving italian service time consisting anti aircraft guns anti aircraft guns anti aircraft guns guns commissioned november night september attacked ship northwest success began escorting convoys adriatic taking place november convoy consisted transports carrying units islands december ran aground island days later attacked ship hit torpedoes nineteen men killed attack germans abandoned wreck later spare parts yugoslav partisans wreck remained salvage operations began raised broken scrap
SMS Niobe