sms sms majesty ship eighth member ship class built imperial_german_navy built dockyard bremen laid launched march commissioned high_seas_fleet february armed main battery guns torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph spent entire career reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet saw action world war battle bight august badly damaged british cruiser battle jutland chaotic night engagement hit torpedo launched caused ship sink vast majority crew wreck discovered remarkably good condition sitting upright ocean floor construction meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines manufactured designed shaft horsepower speed knots mph engines powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers carried tonnes long tons coal gave range nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships placed aft guns engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside ship protected armored deck thick conning tower thick sides guns protected thick shields history ordered contract laid shipyard bremen launched march fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet february named schooner launched paid donations women german lands means praise women commissioning assigned fleet reconnaissance forces served duration career assigned alongside sister cruisers hamburg recommissioned fleet august result outbreak world war august saw action composed light cruisers destroyers commodore raided german picket line stationed southwest island support picket line light cruiser stettin sent reinforce german patrols shortly encountered british cruiser opened fire quickly found range hit british ship estimated times guns inflicting damage shell detonated charge set fire ship engine room flooded speed fell mph turned away starboard order escape fire kept badly damaged british cruiser disappeared fog return hit times seriously damaged men killed thirty wounded engagement ended took badly damaged tow returned proceeding wilhelmshaven june assigned command commodore tasked screening high_seas_fleet actively engaged battle later evening encountered british briefly engaged poor visibility stettin fired long effect later chaotic night fighting battlecruisers passed closely stettin forced entire fall line inadvertently bringing contact 2nd ferocious ensued range meters opened fire rest return southampton launched torpedo struck cut power caused flooding british inch set deck stricken cruiser quickly capsized sank taking officers men men crew survived wreck wreck located danish divers british marine led subsequent dive confirmed wreck sits upright sea floor largely intact skeletal remains ship crew scattered sunken cruiser wreck positively identified team recovered ship bell donated near kiel bell currently display
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