sms sms vessel member class coastal defense ships built german_imperial_navy sister ships built shipyard armed main battery centimeter guns served german fleet 1890s rebuilt served battle squadron outbreak world war august saw action barracks ship rebuilt merchant ship served capacity broken scrap design meters long overall beam maximum draft displaced long tons combat load propulsion system consisted vertical cylinder triple expansion engines steam engines provided coal fired boilers ship propulsion system provided speed knots mph range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns mounted single gun turrets placed forward located aft main superstructure supplied total rounds ammunition ship equipped guns single mounts carried torpedo tubes swivel mounts deck bow stern amidships ship protected armored belt amidships armored deck thick conning tower thick sides service history laid shipyard bremen launched july completed february following commissioning joined annual training exercises alongside sister ship set maneuvers capital ships performed hostile french fleet attacked torpedo boats north_sea second set maneuvers took place baltic_sea ironclads simulated french fleet participated annual summer maneuvers sisters assigned summer maneuvers served squadron simulated german navy alongside new battleship coastal defense ship served active duty fleet taken drydock shipyard kiel extensive reconstruction ship lengthened increased displacement long tons short tons old boilers replaced new marine type boilers second funnel added secondary battery increased guns torpedo tubes replaced tubes work completed returned service fleet served aboard ship navigation officer assigned gunnery training squadron tasked training fleet gunners remained fleet outbreak world war august mobilized coastal defense sister ships august crew transferred warships barracks ship danzig june stricken naval register sold hamburg rebuilt merchant ship served capacity seven years dismantled scrap danzig
SMS Frithjof