sms sms light cruiser german kaiserliche_marine lead ship class sister ship laid shipyard stettin launched december completed april armed main battery centimeter guns single mounts carried mines despite designed german_navy operated sister raid british convoy norway october cruisers sank escorting destroyers merchant ships convoy kaiserliche_marine considered sending ships attack convoys atlantic_ocean difficulties associated sea convinced germans abandon plan included list ships interned scapa_flow following armistice june commander interned fleet rear admiral ordered fleet successfully scuttled unlike raised scrapping construction ordered contract laid vulcan shipyard stettin launched december fitting work commenced completed months commissioned high_seas_fleet april ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets shaft horsepower steam turbines powered coal fired oil fired marine type boilers provided speed mph range nautical miles mph service ship reached mph ship armed guns single pedestal mounts arranged forward placed superfiring pair aft guns fired pound shell muzzle velocity meters second guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun carried anti aircraft guns mounted centerline astern funnels equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes swivel mount amidships designed carried mines ship protected waterline armored belt thick amidships conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service ready service fleet steam rest end month despite fact built cruisers capacity autumn admiral chief decided supplement boat campaign surface raiders attack british convoys scandinavia addition damaging british shipping sought divert escorts atlantic theater boats concentrated commanded commanded selected operation high speed large radius action coupled resemblance british light cruisers suited task preparation raid crews painted ships dark gray camouflage british vessels half hour dawn morning october attacked westbound convoy nautical miles east convoy consisted escorted destroyers pair armed german ruse worked british destroyers initially thought friendly ships recognition signals germans opened fire range quickly destroyed rushed engage sunk germans quickly sank merchant vessels merchant ships managed escape british admiralty informed attack return leg voyage kaiser celebrated results attack champagne success ships commitment heavier british convoy escorts led attempt attack heavily defended convoys entire high seas fleet april ended success late war considered sending commerce raiding mission atlantic operate azores concert central atlantic normal range boats convoys lightly defended area canceled plan determined sea difficult problem tendency ships clouds red sparks steaming speeds mph allied ships night final sortie high_seas_fleet october operation cancelled mutiny moved modern units high_seas_fleet included ships specified scapa_flow victorious allied powers ships steamed germany november single file commanded rear admiral met sea combined fleet british american french warships fleet arrived later day november escorted scapa_flow arrival wireless equipment removed ships breech blocks heavy guns removed prevent use crews reduced minimum levels fleet remained captivity negotiations ultimately produced treaty versailles believed british intended seize german ships june deadline germany signed peace treaty unaware deadline extended 23rd ordered ships sunk opportunity morning june british fleet left scapa_flow conduct training maneuvers transmitted order ships sank raised scrapping remains scapa_flow
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