sms dresden sms dresden second final ship class light cruisers completed commissioned kaiserliche_marine ship laid launched april commissioned high_seas_fleet march sister class completed sisters scrapped completed ships improvement preceding class cruisers dresden commissioned service high_seas_fleet months end world war result service career limited action participated fleet operation norway attack british convoys scandinavia failed locate convoys returned port dresden participated climactic sortie final days war revolt fleet forced cancel operation ship interned scapa_flow end war scuttled fleet june orders fleet commander rear admiral construction dresden ordered contract laid shipyard hamburg launched april fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet march ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets steam turbines powered coal fired oil fired marine type boilers provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships arranged super firing pair aft guns fired pound shell muzzle velocity meters second guns maximum elevation degrees allowed engage targets supplied rounds ammunition shells gun dresden carried anti aircraft guns mounted centerline astern funnels removed equipped pair torpedo tubes torpedoes deck mounted swivel launchers amidships carried mines ship protected waterline armored belt thick amidships conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history commissioning dresden joined reconnaissance screen high_seas_fleet light cruiser built marine ship assigned alongside cruisers ships service time major fleet operation norway april second torpedo boat flotilla attack heavily guarded british convoy norway rest high_seas_fleet steaming support germans failed locate convoy fact sailed day fleet left port result admiral broke operation returned port october dresden rest lead final attack british navy dresden attack merchant shipping thames estuary rest group bombard targets flanders draw commander chief fleet intended inflict damage possible british navy order secure better position germany cost fleet morning october order given sail wilhelmshaven following day starting night october sailors battleships unrest ultimately forced hipper cancel operation sailors revolt dresden ordered steam serve relay kiel communications disrupted major unrest battleship laid dresden path crew refused dresden way aimed gun turrets dresden crew backed let dresden leave port ship went crew partially scuttled following reports ships route attack cruisers stationed proved false dresden floated returned condition involved removing ammunition guns allowing air dry following capitulation germany november high_seas_fleet ships command rear admiral interned british naval base scapa_flow dresden ships interned owing poor condition following naval mutiny able steam rest fleet november arrived december leaking badly fleet remained captivity negotiations ultimately produced versailles treaty believed british intended seize german ships june deadline germany signed peace treaty unaware deadline extended 23rd ordered ships sunk opportunity morning june british fleet left scapa_flow conduct training maneuvers transmitted order ships dresden began sink wreck lies day port scapa_flow south east island depth meters upper decks badly damaged weather deck fallen exposing internal structure guns buried mud
SMS Dresden (1917)