class cruiser class light cruisers class ships built german_imperial_navy class comprised sms ships laid launched october april commissioned august january respectively armed main battery guns course careers rearmed seven powerful guns displaced long tons load rated speed knots mph ships saw extensive service world war primarily reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet participated raids british coast screening battlecruisers saw heavy combat battle jutland largest naval battle war damaged dock repairs time battle involved wilhelmshaven mutiny end war following germany defeat ceded italy served sold scrap transferred france served converted barracks ship ultimately scuttled protect german boat design general characteristics machinery ships class meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft displaced metric tons long tons designed displacement long tons combat load ships hulls constructed longitudinal steel frames contained seventeen watertight compartments double extended seven percent length keel vessels standard crew officers enlisted men serving second command flagship flotilla leader additional officers fourteen enlisted men commander staff carried number smaller boats including picket boat barge cutter german_navy regarded ships good sea boats slight weather helm gentle motion swell cruisers slow going turn steering controlled single large rudder lost speed slightly head sea lost percent hard turns transverse metacentric height ships propulsion system consisted sets marine type steam turbines drove bladed screw diameter turbine divided engine room designed shaft horsepower powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers oil fired double ended boilers divided boiler rooms centerline gave ship speed knots mph ships carried long tons coal additional long tons oil gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph knots mph range fell considerably nmi ship turbo generators diesel generator combined output kilowatts volts armament armor ships armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships superfiring pair aft guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets replaced seven guns anti aircraft guns equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside deck mounted launchers added gun armament upgraded submerged tubes removed deck mounted launchers installed ships carry mines ships protected waterline armored belt thick amidships thick bow stern deck covered thick armor plate forward thick amidships thick aft sloped armor thick connected deck belt armor conning tower thick sides thick roof rangefinder added thick steel plating main battery guns thick gun shields service history 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 served reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet world war saw significant action battle jutland june served leader torpedo boat screened battlecruisers like participated final sortie german fleet end war involved mutiny forced cancellation plan end war ceded france renamed took arctic rescue operations searching removed service barracks ship seized germans scuttled harbor protect boat
Graudenz-class cruiser