sms hamburg sms hamburg majesty ship hamburg second seven bremen class cruisers imperial_german_navy named city hamburg begun stettin launched july commissioned march year long career served kriegsmarine armed main battery guns torpedo tubes hamburg capable speed knots mph hamburg served high_seas_fleet years active duty rest career served boat flagship boat flotilla later barracks ship boat crews world war returned fleet duty end war returned barracks ship duties starting towed namesake city early july scrapping sunk british bombers end month wreck raised subsequently dismantled construction hamburg ordered contract laid vulcan shipyard stettin launched july 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 triple expansion engines designed indicated horsepower speed knots mph engines powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers hamburg 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 hamburg served fleet assigned subdivision unit consisted light cruisers armored cruiser flagship ships attached squadron second subdivision composed armored cruiser light cruisers attached april hamburg cruising mediterranean april dispatched rioting threatened german interests joined following day british french warships including battleship hms withdrawn line service use second command flagship boat flotilla outbreak world war rejoined fleet continued role flotilla flagship august cruiser stettin escorted flotilla boats north_sea attempt draw british fleet attacked boats force returned port august having encountered british warships december hamburg participated bombardment assigned cruiser screen high_seas_fleet providing distant cover rear admiral battlecruisers conducting bombardment following reports british destroyers hamburg armored cruiser admiral ordered high_seas_fleet turn port head germany hamburg encountered commander jones destroyers jones germans point hamburg detached sink signaled light cruisers ordered abandon pursuit retreat rest high_seas_fleet hamburg assigned june command commodore departed wilhelmshaven rest fleet tasked screening fleet hamburg torpedo boat positioned port fleet abreast battle squadron hamburg heavily engaged early phases battle encountered british 3rd ships leading high seas fleet south away deployed grand fleet long range poor visibility stettin able engage british cruisers hamburg fired rendered impossible spot fall shot turned ships hard starboard order draw british closer capital ships german fleet 3rd refused bait later war hamburg reduced barracks ship boat flotilla wilhelmshaven period commanding officers friedrich commanded hamburg march light cruisers germany permitted retain treaty versailles service newly reorganized hamburg served active fleet starting hamburg assigned old battleship cruiser remained fleet withdrawn active service use training cruiser naval cadets served capacity remained inventory stricken naval register march promoted served commander form september barracks ship submarine crews starting kriegsmarine time kiel continued duty kriegsmarine decided break scrap towed namesake city july later sunk british bombers july wreck raised ultimately broken
SMS Hamburg