sms sms built imperial_german_navy kaiserliche_marine ship class built shipyard kiel keel laid launched july commissioned july unlike built germany equipped gun armament served fleet particularly successful design saw little active service having spent time reserve reduced training ship engine room personnel kiel ultimately sold scrapping hamburg design general characteristics meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft ship designed displace metric tons long tons short tons combat loading displaced long tons short tons hull constructed transverse steel frames contained watertight compartments mediocre sea boat moderately pitched slightly rolled significantly transverse metacentric height ship crew seven officers enlisted men later increased carried smaller boats including picket boat machinery propulsion system consisted horizontal cylinder double expansion engines built drove pair bladed screws wide diameter steam engines provided cylindrical double ended coal fired water tube boilers split boiler rooms new cylindrical boilers boiler rooms slightly improved performance equipped pair generators electrical power combined output kilowatts volts steering controlled single rudder ship propulsion system rated indicated horsepower speed knots mph trials reached ihp mph new boilers engines reach ihp mph speed trials carry long tons short tons coal provided range approximately nautical miles cruising speed mph refit carry long tons short tons coal increased range nmi mph armament unlike built german navy carried torpedo tubes primary armament armed guns built ship armed guns placed pivot mounts ship equipped machine guns ship rearmed guns single mounts machine guns later career guns machine guns removed carried armor protection service history ship laid shipyard kiel launched july fitting work followed launch completed july commissioned german fleet following commissioning served active duty fleet saw little service unsuccessful design assigned annual summer training exercises august september conclusion maneuvers returned home port kiel winter early returned service august september assigned annual summer training exercises maneuvers served cruiser screen hostile squadron old frigate june reduced special purpose ship experimentation october training ship engine room personnel converted hulk based outside kiel served capacity year world war sold scrapping broken hamburg
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