sms sms light cruiser ordered navy shipyard danzig launched april following outbreak world war ship confiscated august renamed honor east prussian port russia ship commissioned high_seas_fleet december lead ship class sister ship armed main battery guns speed mph spent majority career saw service baltic august participated june saw significant action battle jutland hit large caliber shell engagement suffered moderate damage assisted badly damaged battlecruiser sms reach port june conclusion battle took second battle bight damaged engagement assigned planned final operation high_seas_fleet closing weeks war large scale mutiny forced canceled end war ceded italy war prize commissioned royal_navy january modified rebuilt times decades early years world war provided gunfire support italian troops engagements mediterranean slated anti aircraft defense ship awaiting conversion sunk bombers june wreck partially scrapped germans ultimately raised scrapping january design ordered imperial_russian_navy shipyard danzig laid launched april fitting work commenced german_navy august renamed commissioned high_seas_fleet december ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets marine steam turbines driving meter propellers designed shaft horsepower powered coal fired yarrow water tube boilers oil fired yarrow boilers gave ship speed knots mph carried tonnes long tons coal additional tonnes long tons oil gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft carried anti aircraft guns replaced pair anti aircraft guns equipped pair torpedo tubes mounted deck carry mines conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history following commissioning assigned major operation august significant detachment high_seas_fleet including dreadnoughts battlecruisers went baltic clear russian naval forces august russian submarines fired torpedoes ship missed participated second attack august led dreadnoughts nassau cleared russian minefields 20th allowing german squadron enter gulf russians time withdrawn threat russian submarines mines gulf prompted germans retreat major units high_seas_fleet north_sea end august battle jutland admiral fleet commander planned lure portion british fleet away bases destroy entire high seas fleet remained attached operation squadron left jade bound waters main body fleet followed hour half later shortly opposing cruiser screens engaged german cruiser encounter british frankfurt steamed assist began firing range yards british ships turned away german shells fell short frankfurt checked fire minutes later cruisers engaged seaplane launched seaplane tender failed score hits aircraft forced engine broke forced land cruisers returned stations ahead german battlecruisers shortly british 5th arrived scene spotted frankfurt minutes later powerful battleships opened fire range yards fell close german cruisers prompting lay cloud smoke turn away high speed hour later german battlecruisers attacked destroyers frankfurt battlecruisers secondary guns drove rest encountered cruiser opened fire scored hits ship sides cruisers rear admiral hood battlecruisers intervened flagship hms invincible scored hit exploded engine room disabled ship hit shell hms shell exploded ship chart house blast went overboard starboard air supply shaft explosion second boiler room ship coal fired boilers temporarily disabled mph oil fired boilers allowing escape cover heavy fog boilers operation allowing steam mph encountered british battlecruisers turned away briefly came fire battlecruisers effect tiger fired ship turning attention battlecruiser sms official record states british shooting inaccurate frankfurt spotted cruiser destroyers shortly fired torpedo british cruiser turning german line guns avoid drawing british german battleships june german fleet evaded british fleet reached detached fleet assist crippled battlecruiser having trouble navigating port steamed ahead guide wilhelmshaven shortly battlecruiser ran aground freeing voyage resumed division steaming ahead testing depth prevent grounding continued water sink lower water turned steamed reverse attempt improve situation attempted tow battlecruiser unable line repeatedly snapped pair pumping arrived evening slow progress night guiding voyage ships reached outer jade anchored minutes later course engagement fired rounds ammunition shells launched torpedo crew suffered men killed wounded later service july series occurred ships fleet including ship harbor wilhelmshaven 20th group men left ship protest cancellation leave couple hours town men returned ship began complete tasks ordered morning good commander event seriously ordered limited punishment crewmen staged protest late assigned late october steamed arriving 30th tasked replacing heavy units fleet completed conquest islands battleships risk mines come loose recent storm prompted naval command cancel mission rest ordered return north_sea october returning north_sea returned november cruisers supported battleships kaiser covered operation north_sea attacked british cruisers supported battlecruisers battleships second battle bight flagship damaged engagement cruisers managed pull away british drawing german dreadnoughts turn forced british break attack significant success operation emerged battle unscathed april ship participated abortive fleet operation attack british convoys norway second torpedo boat flotilla attack heavily guarded british convoy norway rest high_seas_fleet steaming support germans failed locate convoy fact sailed day fleet left port result admiral broke operation returned port october rest lead final attack british navy attack merchant shipping thames estuary bombard targets flanders draw intended inflict damage possible british navy order secure better position germany cost fleet morning october order given sail wilhelmshaven following day starting night october sailors battleships unrest ultimately forced hipper cancel operation italian service briefly served newly reorganized following end war stricken november surrendered allies french port july ceded italy war prize renamed commissioned january anti aircraft guns replaced guns july reclassified cruiser refitted colonial service converted oil firing coal fired boilers removed allow additional oil bunker space forward funnel removed remaining cut reduced power shaft horsepower speed mph cruising range increased considerably nmi mph nmi speed outbreak world war armament increased guns machine guns wartime career support landings anti partisan coast early slated conversion anti aircraft ship rearmed guns guns new model machine guns june american bombers badly damaged sank shallow water days later italian armistice september damaged render useless german wreck partially scrapped germans officially removed navy list february raised january scrapping
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