sms sms protected cruiser victoria class built german_imperial_navy kaiserliche_marine 1890s laid vulcan shipyard launched april commissioned navy july ship armed battery guns guns speed knots mph served abroad german east asia squadron years career served briefly squadron flagship contributed landing party force captured boxer rebellion returning germany modernized training ship following completion refit conducted series training cruises notable officers served aboard ship cadets including outbreak world war mobilized served line duty briefly barracks ship ultimately sold scrapping design ordered contract laid vulcan shipyard stettin launched april fitting work commenced commissioned german navy july ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted vertical cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired belleville boilers engines provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single turrets forward aft guns supplied rounds ammunition range carried guns mounted turrets amidships placed casemates guns range carried guns gun armament rounded machine guns equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes launchers mounted broadside bow waterline service history served colonial cruiser completed starting arriving station temporarily served flagship vice admiral commander included cruisers new armored cruiser reached asia station relieved squadron flagship boxer rebellion ship noteworthy contribution june landed detachments marines seize marines joined detachments sent warships countries total german troops contributed multi national force totaled officers men attack forts commanding officer shot killed september carried shanghai arriving 21st took command international forces suppressing rebellion detached returned germany went dry dock refit originally modernization funnels refit finished point cadet training ship prominent naval officers trained aboard ship period september october dresden bremen traveled united_states represent germany hudson celebration future commander kriegsmarine world war served cadet year ship cruised western mediterranean autumn sister old cruiser region future commander battleship served aboard ship cadet ship conducted training cruise baltic late early july stopping number foreign ports including stockholm bergen ship embarked seven month training cruise atlantic_ocean voyage called numerous ports including mexico port prince haiti kingston jamaica cruise lasted mid august mid march short career world war outbreak hostilities briefly mobilized tasked training cadets baltic_sea end ships removed service service coastal defense ship withdrawn line duty employed barracks ship seaplane base stricken naval register december sold ship breakers scrapped following year
SMS Hertha