lead ship class light cruisers sister ship sms ship built german kaiserliche_marine shipyard kiel laid commissioned high_seas_fleet august days outbreak world war named german town poland ship armed main battery guns speed knots mph saw extensive service world war including serving reconnaissance screen battlecruisers raid december ship took january battle gulf august damaged unable participate assigned planned final operation high_seas_fleet october weeks end war major mutiny forced cancellation plan end war ship ceded italy war prize commissioned italian navy remained service stricken broken scrap design ordered contract laid shipyard kiel launched october launch mayor christened ship commissioned high_seas_fleet august ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets marine steam turbines driving meter propellers designed shaft horsepower powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers oil fired double ended boilers gave ship speed knots mph carried long tons coal additional long tons oil gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships superfiring pair aft guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets later replaced seven guns anti aircraft guns equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside deck mounted launchers added gun armament upgraded carry mines ship protected waterline armored belt thick amidships conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history operation raid november formed reconnaissance screen battlecruisers rear admiral cruisers bombardment conducted incident return armored cruiser struck german outside wilhelmshaven sank present raid december completing bombardment towns germans began withdraw british forces moved intercept torpedo boats steamed british squadrons heavy mist reduced visibility spotted briefly germans able use bad weather cover withdrawal screened sortie january ensuing large armored cruiser sunk august went baltic major operation clear russian naval forces dreadnoughts battlecruisers high_seas_fleet detached operation participated second attack august led dreadnoughts nassau cleared russian minefields 20th allowing german squadron enter gulf russians time withdrawn threat russian submarines mines gulf prompted germans retreat major units high_seas_fleet north_sea end august struck mid drydock repairs result unavailable fleet operation resulted battle jutland june remainder war served torpedo boat flotilla leader october assigned participate final climactic attack high_seas_fleet planned operation called raids allied shipping thames estuary flanders draw grand_fleet assigned force tasked attacking flanders morning october order given sail wilhelmshaven following day starting night october sailors battleships unrest ultimately forced hipper cancel operation commodore organized force light craft including light cruisers destroyers boats oppose possible british attack heavy units fleet disarray chose flagship served newly reorganized aftermath war stricken naval register march surrendered allies war prize transferred italy june french port placed italian service renamed overhauled starting coal storage space reduced long tons short tons metric tons long tons short tons oil bunker capacity increased long tons short tons long tons short tons commissioned provided equipment handle seaplane ship bow forecastle lengthened mount catapult seaplane remained service placed reserve taranto stricken march subsequently broken
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