sms sms fifth member ship class light cruisers built imperial_german_navy built danzig laid launched august commissioned high_seas_fleet armed main battery guns torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph served reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet majority career outbreak world war august patrol august british_royal_navy attacked patrol line ensuing battle bight attacked sunk pair battlecruisers crew killed battle survivors pulled sea construction ordered contract laid shipyard bremen launched august fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines 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 service history commissioning assigned reconnaissance forces high_seas_fleet assigned alongside sisters armored cruiser served fleet german waters entirety peacetime career outbreak world war august detached fleet use patrol vessel august british commanders submitted plan attack patrol line light cruisers destroyers commanded ships supported submarines vice admiral battlecruisers associated light forces plan approved set august british forces began leave port evening august beginning submarines assigned operation surface forces went sea early following morning 7th added provide support left port later day morning august rotated patrol line laid anchor entrance support cruisers torpedo boats patrol receiving reports british attack morning 28th cruisers got steam rushed support german patrols met sms stettin minutes battlecruisers chasing arrived began firing turned starboard attempted flee hit times british guns hit forward boiler room coal bunker caught fire boilers disabled speed fell mph battlecruisers closed firing guns distance point blank range guns caliber returned fire best effect fires raging forward aft forward magazine flooded fires reach charges british ceased fire allowed away surviving crew able escape ship assembled forecastle prepared abandon ship cruiser danzig arrived shortly began pick survivors joined rescue effort shortly capsized remained afloat time finally sank officers including commander enlisted men rescued rescue effort hampered frequent explosions ammunition stored deck prevented boats getting close wrecked cruiser
SMS Ariadne