sms sms protected cruiser victoria class built german_imperial_navy kaiserliche_marine 1890s sister ships laid vulcan shipyard stettin launched march commissioned navy april ship armed battery guns guns speed knots mph served abroad german east asia squadron years career contributed landing party force captured boxer rebellion august participated russian battleship battle yellow sea russo japanese war returning germany modernized training ship following completion refit outbreak world war mobilized served line duty briefly barracks ship ultimately sold scrapping design ordered contract laid vulcan shipyard stettin launched march fitting work commenced commissioned german navy april 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 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 following commissioning deployed germany overseas possessions commander china station went command high_seas_fleet world war 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 july ship steamed british naval base chinese cruiser left port days later january visited outside hong_kong departed days harbor february russo japanese war broke sent port arthur attack japanese forces evacuated german civilians port early march hong_kong joined flagship 8th august badly damaged russian battleship destroyers sought refuge german naval base following russian defeat germany neutral interned destroyers august russian ships coal supplies british cleared action prevent leaving port cruisers joined tiger returned germany following year went dry dock refit originally modernization funnels refit finished point cadet training ship served aboard commander naval cadets trained ship went command task force composed world war early january cruised atlantic visited bermuda 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 kiel stricken naval register december sold ship breakers scrapped following year
SMS Hansa (1898)