class cruiser class light cruisers pair ships built germany start world war class consisted ships initially ordered imperial_russian_navy built shipyard danzig outbreak world war german kaiserliche_marine confiscated ships completed ships similar design german light cruisers lacked armored belt german light cruisers equipped guns carried ships speed knots mph saw extensive service german high seas fleet participated august took bombardment april following month ships heavily engaged june scored hit battle accidentally rammed german battleship confused night fighting crew ultimately forced continued serve fleet end war german defeat ceded italy war prize renamed served royal_navy june sunk bombers eventually broken scrap design sought builders pair light cruisers shipyard danzig won contract ships originally ordered admiral year ships laid launched april fitting work commenced ships german_navy august renamed respectively launched november commissioned high_seas_fleet december september respectively general characteristics machinery class ships meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft displaced metric tons long tons short tons designed displacement long tons short tons combat load ships hulls constructed transverse longitudinal steel frames hulls divided sixteen watertight compartments double extended percent length hull ships crew officers enlisted men carried number smaller boats including picket boat barge good sea boats fairly stiff suffered severe roll cruisers slow going turn steering controlled single large rudder lost speed slightly head sea lost percent hard turns propulsion system consisted sets marine steam turbines driving meter propellers designed shaft horsepower powered coal fired yarrow water tube boilers oil fired yarrow boilers funnels centerline gave ships speed knots mph ships carried long tons coal additional long tons oil gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph ships turbo generators provided combined electrical output kilowatts volts armament armor designed ships mounted centimeter quick firing guns guns russian design seized german_navy planned armament revised standardized new german cruisers standard gun previous german cruisers considered abandoned favor larger weapon completed ships armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft german light cruisers mount gun guns range supplied total rounds ammunition carried anti aircraft guns replaced pair anti aircraft guns equipped pair torpedo tubes mounted deck ships carry mines ordered designed ships possess waterline armored belt like contemporary german designs conning tower thick sides thick roof deck covered thick armor plate forward reduced aft sloping armor thick provided measure protection upper portion ships sides main battery guns equipped thick gun shields service history spent majority career saw service baltic august participated june saw significant action battle jutland hit large caliber shell engagement suffered moderate damage assisted badly damaged battlecruiser sms reach port june conclusion battle took second battle bight damaged engagement assigned planned final operation high_seas_fleet closing weeks war large scale mutiny fleet forced canceled end war ceded italy war prize commissioned royal_navy january modified rebuilt times decades early years world war provided gunfire support italian troops engagements mediterranean slated anti aircraft defense ship awaiting conversion sunk bombers june wreck partially scrapped germans ultimately raised scrapping january participated major operations career bombardment occurred april briefly engaged month later took scored hit engagement heavily engaged confused fighting night june shortly midnight accidentally rammed battleship tore hole ship hull flooding disabled ship engines electrical generators rendering power german torpedo boat took crew hour later remaining men scuttled ship escaped ship cutter later picked dutch steamer
Pillau-class cruiser