sms class light cruiser kaiserliche_marine named city sister ships stettin laid launched september commissioned february like sisters stettin armed main battery guns pair torpedo tubes capable speed excess knots mph gunnery training ship commissioning outbreak world war august mobilized reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet saw action battle jutland engaged british cruiser damaged battle converted seaplane tender end war surrendered britain war prize subsequently broken scrap construction ordered contract laid launched september fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet february ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired marine type boilers provided speed knots mph range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun ship equipped guns rounds ammunition equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside ship protected armored deck thick amidships conning tower thick sides service history commissioning high_seas_fleet gunnery training ship fleet gunners outbreak world war mobilized served fleet gunnery ships like armored cruiser outbreak war cruisers tasked patrol duties cruisers divided torpedo boat assigned rotate nightly patrols north_sea operation conducted patrol night august incident december participated bombardment assigned cruiser screen high_seas_fleet providing distant cover rear admiral battlecruisers conducting bombardment following reports british destroyers german screen admiral ordered high_seas_fleet turn port head germany armored cruiser light cruiser hamburg encountered commander jones destroyers jones germans point hamburg detached sink signaled light cruisers ordered abandon pursuit retreat rest high_seas_fleet consisted stettin danzig torpedo boats sent baltic_sea support major operation russian positions operation commanded commander reconnaissance forces baltic tasked screening north prevent russian naval forces moving armored cruisers warships bombarded port russians attempt intervene force cruisers admiral russian ships briefly engaged sides unsure strength shortly bombardment captured advancing german army rest recalled high_seas_fleet battle jutland assigned june command commodore departed wilhelmshaven rest fleet tasked screening fleet torpedo boat positioned rear fleet astern battle squadron heavily engaged early phases battle encountered british 3rd ships leading high seas fleet south away deployed grand fleet long range poor visibility stettin able engage british cruisers fourth ship line gunners british ship ship engaged german cruisers held fire turned ships hard starboard order draw british closer capital ships german fleet 3rd refused bait ferocious night fighting occurred high_seas_fleet forced way british rear encountered 2nd close range darkness squadrons closed germans illuminated concentrated fire ships fired dublin period dublin hit shells probably hits damage british ships badly damaged set fire forced retreat germans fell attempt bring british closer battlecruisers melee cruiser hit sunk torpedo launched southampton forced haul line starboard lost contact rest fell present later encounter british light forces midnight remained concealed darkness observed battle squadron dreadnoughts british destroyers british launched torpedoes german line forced turn away thread way battleships nassau darkness steaming head german line ahead leading battleship led port later assisted fleet flagship friedrich der course battle fired rounds german cruisers battle emerged battle unscathed unlike german cruisers conversion fate earlier war german_navy experimented converting seaplane slow operate fleet faster alternative needed navy decided convert fast steam fleet conversion work started february work completed seaplane tender forward rear guns broadside guns removed leaving broadside guns remaining anti aircraft guns installed forward retained submerged torpedo tubes large installed aft funnels space seaplane carried carry aircraft number deemed insufficient support entire high seas fleet plans drawn convert seaplane carrier ship operationally survived war stricken naval register november surrendered united_kingdom july war prize subsequently broken scrap
SMS Stuttgart