sms und sms und empress queen armored cruiser imperial ship type built ship unique design built shipyard laid july launched april completed november armed main battery centimeter guns guns ship provided basis subsequent armored cruiser designs und deployed caribbean safeguard austro hungarian interests spanish american war inadvertently arrived morning spanish squadron attempted escape american blockade nearly attacked sent china assist suppression boxer rebellion remained east asian waters heavily modernized served 1st returning fleet harbor guard ship barracks ship world war end war surrendered britain war prize broken scrap design 1890s austro hungarian navy began building large modern cruisers beginning protected cruisers class executive committee navy decided follow kaiser joseph class ships powerful vessel larger better armed armored cruiser type begun gain prominence foreign navies austro hungarians requested design proposals british shipyards awarded contract navy gave contract torpedo ram cruiser titled austrian dockyard subsequent armored cruisers improved versions design und meters long waterline long overall beam draft designed ship displaced metric tons long tons short tons load displaced long tons short tons crew officers men ship powered cylinder horizontal triple expansion engines rated indicated horsepower gave ship speed knots mph und armed main battery guns manufactured krupp mounted single turrets forward aft guns primary offensive armament defense torpedo boats carried krupp guns guns hotchkiss guns pair landing guns guns primarily mounted casemates landing guns taken ashore provide support landing party armament rounded torpedo tubes bow stern main battery turrets armored belt protected thick steel armor main deck thick casemates armored steel conning tower thick sides service history und laid june launched april commissioned fleet november took squadron warships including und germany participate celebrations opening kiel canal squadron called port brest france way stopped portsmouth return voyage early ship joined massive international fleet demonstrated crete protest greek annexation island ottoman_empire austro hungarian fleet largest contingent italians british austro hungarians germans dissatisfied compromise worked withdrew contingents early march und dispatched cuba spanish american war evacuate austrian german nationals city ship arrived july day spanish admiral attempted break harbor american blockade american auxiliary vessel uss spotted und approaching army transports informed battleship uss indiana spanish battleship attacking army ships indiana steamed engage supposed spanish warship closing yards indiana captain identified und shortly gunners opened fire austrian cruiser similar run ins vessels american fleet sought permission american commander perform evacuation admiral american commander permitted austrian cruiser enter harbor mission picking und went port royal jamaica remained caribbean end war departed bound arrived december winter ship served winter training squadron battleship anti foreign violence began rise china early great powers began send warships far_east increase pressure chinese government reign violence peak und deployed area command victor numerous european warships left june followed cruisers month ships joined international fleet september time fighting occurred und remained east asian waters extended deployment captain took command ship june took ship largest ship steamed far river returned austria-hungary replaced china new armored cruiser ship rebuilt equipped modern main guns guns replaced quick firing guns manufactured vickers revolving cannon installed ship heavy fighting masts removed ship sent safeguard austro hungarian interests balkan wars assigned 1st remained unit outbreak world war august consisted armored cruisers fleet light cruisers command vice admiral harbor guard ship starting withdrawn service disarmed following year use barracks ship german boat crews operating austrian naval base guns converted use land sent italian end war und allocated britain war prize british sold italian ship breaking firm broke scrap
SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia