light cruiser class built german kaiserliche_marine sister ship ships similar previous class cruisers ship laid launched november completed february armed guns speed knots mph displaced long tons short tons load served high_seas_fleet leader torpedo boat duration career served screens battlecruisers operations british coast assigned screen battle fleet june saw major action jutland frequently engaged british light forces culminating torpedoed destroyers shortly midnight taken tow german torpedo boats following morning cruiser came retreating ships germans set charges aboard took crew dublin arrived scene construction ordered contract laid shipyard kiel launched november launching christened mayor completing fitting work ship commissioned high_seas_fleet february ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets marine steam turbines driving meter propellers designed shaft horsepower reached shp service powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers oil fired double ended boilers gave ship speed knots mph carried tonnes long tons coal additional tonnes long tons oil gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes submerged hull broadside carry mines ship protected waterline armored belt thick amidships conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history following commissioning february assigned torpedo boat flotilla leader high_seas_fleet january formed support admiral battlecruisers sortie destroy british light forces known operating near ship steamed light cruisers nineteen torpedo boats torpedo boats tasked screening port flank battlecruiser squadron german group encountered british battlecruisers resulting armored cruiser sunk participated bombardment april screen battlecruisers bombarded cruisers engaged shortly battlecruisers intervened forced withdraw german squadron broke returned port participated battle jutland served leader torpedo boat flying flag flotilla tasked screening battle squadrons high_seas_fleet german fleet reached engagement british german battlecruiser squadrons pair destroyers attempted attack german battle line number battleships engaged destroyers disabled heavy german fire battleships destroyed crews picked german torpedo boats torpedo boats crossed german line began lay smoke screen cover withdrawal german fleet minutes later detached torpedo boats assist badly damaged battlecruiser time german fleet assumed night cruising formation fell light cruisers port fleet shortly midnight came contact 2nd shortly midnight british 4th destroyer flotilla attacked german line positioned joined directed destroyers pressed home attack destroyers launched torpedoes germans forcing cruisers turn away avoid pointed ships directly battleships battle squadron successfully passed formation cruiser rammed battleships disabled chaos night engagement search lights illuminated destroyer broke gunfire battleships british destroyer heavily damaged managed port ship attacked destroyers contest ships fired single torpedo high speed settings range torpedo struck unknown destroyer launched hit shells probably destroyer broke disabled called destroyer join took tow times making mph pair subsequently joined destroyers detached flotilla escort port june german ships encountered british cruiser dublin destroyers went alongside crippled cruiser evacuated crew flashing letters british signal challenge smoke screens laid obscure identity german warships minutes departed crew aboard remained charges set cruiser ensure sank faster destroyers fired total torpedoes ship sank bow approximately high speed crew men killed wounded battle course battle fired rounds ammunition german ship second class launched april completed end war
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