sms bremen sms bremen majesty ship bremen lead ship seven vessel bremen class built imperial_german_navy built shipyard bremen namesake city laid launched july commissioned high_seas_fleet armed main battery guns torpedo tubes bremen capable speed knots mph bremen served majority career including years outbreak world war returned germany start war onset hostilities attached fleet baltic tasked containing russians august participated significant action battle months later december struck russian naval mines sank loss crew construction bremen ordered contract laid shipyard ship namesake city launched july fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet 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 bremen 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 bremen served east american station frequently visited united_states april armored cruiser sailed united_states participate commemorating anniversary arrival colonists chesapeake_bay april addition german delegation international fleet consisted warships great_britain japan austria-hungary france italy nations future admiral head world war served aboard ship starting november assignment graduating naval academy bremen conducted tour south_america late beginning september buenos_aires followed stop rio_de_janeiro brazil tour lasted february included stops costa_rica panama guatemala dutch antilles march bremen returned northern atlantic visited american ports months september october bremen joined protected cruisers light cruiser dresden traveled united_states represent germany hudson celebration early bremen assigned goodwill cruise united_states battlecruiser light cruiser stettin ships left kiel arrived virginia met greeted president aboard presidential yacht uss touring east_coast weeks returned kiel june bremen remained abroad returned germany outbreak world war july assigned fleet baltic_sea participated august assigned second attack gulf took place august cruisers escorted dreadnoughts nassau attempted force way gulf german flotilla penetrated russian defenses august steamed gulf withdrew shortly threat allied submarines mines december bremen torpedo boat ran russian minefield bremen struck pair mines sank majority bremen crew died sinking men killed
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