cruiser victoria class protected cruisers class ships type built german_imperial_navy class design introduced combined ram bow sides later german armoured cruisers class comprised vessels lead ship ships laid launched commissioned fleet following year ships meters long displaced metric tons long tons combat load slightly modified design long displaced long tons load ships armed main battery centimeter guns guns ships speed knots mph slightly slower knots mph problems boilers installed prompted navy boiler types future warships ships class served units german fleet including home fleet participated suppression boxer rebellion china involved venezuela crisis ships modernized served training ships naval cadets mobilized outbreak world war august quickly withdrawn line service served secondary roles rest war end conflict converted merchant ship broken ships scrapped design general characteristics ships victoria class meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward ships displaced metric tons long tons designed long tons combat load slightly different dimensions long waterline overall beam drew forward aft displacement higher ships long tons designed long tons combat load ships hulls constructed longitudinal transverse steel frames single layer wood hull later metal extended waterline protect hull later removed hull divided watertight compartments later reduced exception hull incorporated double extended percent length hull ships design set precedent later armored cruisers large sides combined bow ram ships standard crew officers enlisted men additional officers enlisted serving second command flagship reconstruction training ships crew substantially enlarged incorporate officers sailors naval cadets cabin boys ships carried number smaller boats including picket boats launch modernization boats significantly revised number picket boats reduced barge launch added removed added ships good sea boats easy motion dry result high tendency pitch steaming severe heavy winds large difficult maneuver center shaft engaged lost percent speed head sea rudder hard addition lower coal emptied ships increasingly unstable ships heel degrees hard turn modernization ships problem transverse metacentric height built ships hot ventilation improved commissioned machinery propulsion system ships consisted vertical cylinder triple expansion engines built vulcan steam provided coal fired boilers different manufacturers exception boilers boilers belleville boilers equipped eighteen transverse belleville boilers boilers proved particularly troublesome led navy use marine type boilers future vessels ships equipped transverse marine type boilers ships originally funnels boilers funnels ships engines rated indicated horsepower speed knots mph ships knots mph vessels built ships carried long tons short tons coal gave cruising range nautical miles speed knots mph efficient marine type boilers installed increased cruising range nmi speed equipped electricity generators combined output kilowatts volts ships generators total output controlled single large rudder armament armor ships primary armament consisted guns single gun turrets forward aft guns supplied rounds ammunition range guns rounded offensive gun armament guns mounted turrets amidships placed casemates guns range guns removed refit ships carried guns eleventh added modernization longer guns added time gun armament rounded machine guns removed refit ships equipped torpedo tubes torpedoes launchers mounted broadside bow waterline ships class disarmed exception equipped single gun guns fourteen guns versions use gunnery training ship armor protection ships composed krupp steel main deck thick thick slopes forward conning tower thick sides thick roof aft conning tower given splinter protection thick sides gun turrets thick sides thick roofs guns given worth armor protection ships equipped construction laid shipyard bremen construction number launched march commissioned fleet february cost imperial government gold marks construction began vulcan dockyard stettin construction number launched april commissioned july ship class enter service construction cost marks keel laying followed launched april commissioned october cost marks laid launched december commissioned fleet september cost marks ship class laid construction number launched march commissioned april cost marks rebuilt kiel respectively ships modernized danzig modified rebuilt kiel service history 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 served abroad german east asia squadron years career served briefly squadron flagship contributed landing party force captured boxer rebellion returning germany modernized training ship following completion refit conducted series training cruises notable officers served aboard ship cadets including outbreak world war mobilized served line duty briefly barracks ship ultimately sold scrapping served german fleet initial years career unlike sister ships served abroad foreign stations result led fairly uneventful career fleet modernization school ship cadets visiting canada accidentally rammed sank canadian schooner killing sailors outbreak world war mobilized served line duty briefly barracks ship ultimately sold scrapping served abroad years career station americas participated venezuela crisis bombarded fortresses returned germany torpedo training ship modernized school ship naval cadets november participated international naval protest balkan war outbreak world war mobilized like sisters served line duty briefly barracks ship ultimately sold scrapping served abroad years career contributed landing party force captured boxer rebellion august participated russian battleship battle yellow sea russo japanese war returning germany modernized training ship following completion refit outbreak world war mobilized served line duty briefly barracks ship ultimately sold scrapping
Victoria Louise-class cruiser