sms second final member class coastal defense ships built imperial_german_navy sister ship named norse god built shipyard armed main battery centimeter guns served german fleet 1890s rebuilt served battle squadron outbreak world war august saw action tender war rebuilt merchant ship served capacity december wrecked island design meters long overall beam maximum draft displaced tonnes 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 carried long tons short tons coal gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph twice number electrical generators sister nicknamed anna ship 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 amidships bow submerged waterline ship protected armored belt thick amidships armored deck thick conning tower thick sides service history laid shipyard kiel launched april completed january underwent somewhat lengthy period sea trials ship commissioned german fleet october served active duty entirety peacetime career summer maneuvers served simulated hostile squadron alongside maneuvers lasted august september taken hand danzig extensive reconstruction old boilers replaced new marine type boilers length increased increased displacement long tons short tons load lengthened hull improved shape improved boilers increased speed knot knots mph coal storage increased long tons short tons allowed steam additional nmi modernization work completed point returned active service outbreak world war august assigned sister class coastal defense ships squadron disbanded august free ships crews important tasks barracks ship wilhelmshaven end war stricken naval register june sold rebuilt merchant ship shipyard operated hamburg continued role wrecked island lighthouse december bow preserved naval memorial
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