sms member ship class built imperial_german_navy built shipyard kiel laid launched november commissioned high_seas_fleet september armed main battery guns torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph ship long uneventful career spanned thirty years saw service served coastal defense ship years world war reduced barracks ship returned active duty served stricken august broken scrap following year construction ordered contract laid shipyard kiel launched november fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet september ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines manufactured 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 served high_seas_fleet home waters served training ship naval cadets outbreak world war august reduced coastal defense ship role served withdrawn active service barracks ship training vessel based kiel cruisers permitted newly reorganized treaty versailles ship significantly modernized wilhelmshaven ram bow rebuilt bow increased overall length old guns replaced newer guns boat torpedo tubes deck mounted launchers installed served active duty withdrawn service second time formally stricken naval register march sold scrapping august broken following year hamburg
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