class cruiser class consisted light laying cruisers built imperial_german_navy world war sms sms war broke germans older laying cruisers german cruisers fitted laying need fast specialized ships existed imperial_russian_navy ordered set steam turbines class battlecruiser vulcan shipyard stettin machinery confiscated outbreak war ships vessels built vulcan ships laid series minefields career significant success came october attacked british convoy norway sank escorting destroyers merchant ships convoy escaped germany damage ships interned scapa_flow end war subsequently scuttled crews june sunk deep water raised brought broken scrap design construction stettin building sets high powered steam turbines use new battlecruiser construction russia outbreak world war august saw germany russia opposing sides german government seized turbines time kaiserliche_marine possessed cruisers equipped laying operations cruisers kaiserliche_marine ordered vulcan split propulsion system half design pair cruiser hulls engines ships fast layers capable mining area cover darkness quickly returning port intercepted designed resemble british class cruisers aid ability operate british coast design work ships completed quickly laid vulcan shipyard stettin early work proceeded quickly ship launched december completion fitting work ship commissioned high_seas_fleet april followed sister year launched march completed months ship commissioned fleet july construction shape bow resemblance british cruisers covered sheet metal general characteristics meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft ships designed displacement metric tons long tons combat load displaced long tons hulls built longitudinal steel frames hulls divided watertight compartments incorporated double extended percent length keel differed slightly row amidships sister fitted masts similar british class cruisers similarly british ships masts lowered stored superstructure deck bow modeled class ships disguise vessels ships complement officers enlisted men carried smaller vessels including picket boat barge german_navy regarded ships excellent sea boats having gentle motion ships highly tight turning radius lost slight speed head sea hard turns lost percent speed machinery ships propulsion systems consisted turbines powered coal fired double ended boilers oil fired marine double ended boilers turbines drove pair bladed screws diameter engines rated shaft horsepower speed knots mph trials reached shp shp averaged speed knots mph light load ships capable speeds knots mph short bursts coal storage long tons short tons designed long tons short tons carried fuel oil initially long tons short tons similarly increased long tons short tons cruising speed mph ships steam nautical miles higher speed mph range fell considerably nmi electrical power provided turbo generators diesel generator steering controlled single large rudder armament armor ships armed guns single pedestal mounts placed centerline guns fire broadside placed forward forecastle second located second funnel arranged superfiring pair aft guns fired kilogram shell muzzle velocity meters second guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun carried anti aircraft guns mounted centerline astern funnels guns fired shells muzzle velocity ships equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes swivel mount amidships designed layers carried mines depending type rails ran main deck stern allow mines dropped ship class cruisers armor fabricated krupp cemented steel ships protected waterline armored belt thick amidships bow stern armored deck covered thick armor plate gun shields thick protected gun battery crews conning tower thick sides thick roof atop conning tower bridge included splinter proof chart house funnels equipped steel splinter protection service commissioning served high_seas_fleet including sortie north_sea october ships laid minefield january guarded march year october admiral sent ships attack british convoy norway divert forces protecting convoys atlantic chose high speed large radius action shortly dawn october cruisers attacked convoy consisted merchant ships destroyers armed german ships quickly sank escorting destroyers cargo vessels british admiralty informed attack safely steaming germany modern units high_seas_fleet included ships specified scapa_flow victorious allied powers ships steamed germany november single file commanded rear admiral believed british intended seize german ships june ordered ships sunk opportunity morning june british fleet left scapa_flow conduct training maneuvers transmitted order ships sank raised scrapping remains scapa_flow sank ultimately raised november broken scrap
Brummer-class cruiser