sms victoria sms victoria lead ship class protected cruisers built german_imperial_navy kaiserliche_marine late 1890s laid shipyard launched march commissioned german fleet february named princess daughter ship armed battery guns guns speed knots mph served fleet seven years career time represented germany funeral queen_victoria modernized training ship naval cadets visited united_states outbreak world war mobilized attacked unsuccessfully british submarine october end year withdrawn service barracks ship based danzig rest war sold converted freighter following year served capacity broken scrap design ordered contract laid shipyard bremen launched march fitting work commenced commissioned german navy february ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons combat load propulsion system consisted vertical cylinder triple expansion engines powered coal fired boilers engines provided speed knots mph range approximately nautical miles knots 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 joined squadron commanded went britain participate funeral queen_victoria victoria represented germany assigned squadron german home fleet division consisted armored cruiser flagship light cruisers division participated summer fleet maneuvers august september ship went dock modernization kiel emerging drydock served training ship naval cadets cabin boys september october dresden bremen traveled united_states represent germany hudson celebration served aboard ship cadet command heavy cruiser admiral world war served school ship outbreak world war august briefly mobilized tasked training cadets baltic_sea shortly october british submarine hms commanded attempted torpedo range torpedo ran deep missed end ships removed service service coastal defense ship withdrawn line duty employed barracks ship danzig disarmed remained service danzig october stricken naval register sold company rebuilt freighter renamed operated und served capacity briefly broken scrap danzig
SMS Victoria Louise