sms friedrich broadside ironclad sms friedrich sms german armored cruiser built early 1900s imperial_german_navy second ship class built shipyard hamburg laid completed december cost marks armed main battery guns capable speed mph ship served german fleet commissioning torpedo training ship august outbreak world war brought active service act flagship baltic_sea wartime career cut short november struck pair russian mines mines caused fatal damage ship sank slowly permit safe evacuation crew seven men killed incident construction ordered provisional built shipyard hamburg construction number keel laid launched june fitting work followed completed december day commissioned imperial_german_navy cost displaced long tons short tons built long tons short tons fully loaded length beam draft forward powered vertical triple expansion engines produced total indicated horsepower yielded maximum speed mph trials carried long tons short tons coal enabled maximum range nautical miles cruising speed mph armed guns arranged twin gun turrets end superstructure secondary armament consisted guns guns underwater torpedo tubes bow stern beams service history served fleet commissioning december assigned subdivision light cruisers hamburg subdivision attached squadron flagship rear admiral commander second subdivision composed armored cruiser light cruisers attached september took command ship leadership gunners aboard won kaiser prize best shooting fleet hipper remained position march served fleet march withdrawn use torpedo training ship served capacity outbreak world war august placed active service cruiser division baltic_sea october german warship carry ship carried planes permanent modifications support flagship commander german cruiser squadron baltic_sea squadron based german naval command aware british submarines operating baltic_sea ordered attack russian port prevent british submarine base begun campaign warfare baltic russian destroyers laid series minefields german ports october russian operations went completely german navy period operations port ordered begin attack november poor weather conditions delayed operation 16th early 17th steaming nmi struck russian mines ship kept afloat hours allowed crew evacuated safely operation went ahead scheduled sunk entrance crew removed abandoned capsized sank seven men killed attack media sinking portrayed russian movie admiral russian admiral tricks ship russian minefield
SMS Friedrich Carl