sms sms second 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 target ship boats ultimately 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 mph range approximately nautical miles 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 november completed april crew commissioned ship officer command german battle fleet world war directly commissioning joined annual training exercises ironclads remained active service winter sister ship joined elderly ironclads winter training cruise mediterranean_sea participated annual fleet maneuvers time alongside recently commissioned sister old ironclads 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 following service summer maneuvers placed reserve flagship reserve squadron north_sea served active duty fleet taken drydock shipyard danzig 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 assigned sister ships remained fleet outbreak world war august mobilized coastal defense sister ships participated combined naval ground assault port baltic attack took place consisted armored cruisers light cruisers escorted number destroyers torpedo boats high_seas_fleet detached north_sea provide cover operation bombardment went planned destroyer struck harbor blew bow destroyed ship german ground forces successful assault took city august crew transferred warships target ship boats starting baltic_sea june stricken naval register sold berlin broken scrap danzig
SMS Beowulf