sms sms seventh member ship class built imperial_german_navy built dockyard bremen laid early launched december commissioned high_seas_fleet july armed main battery guns torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph served german navies span years served fleet scout period world war years conflict coastal defense ship cruisers germany allowed treaty versailles served early 1920s withdrawn service secondary duties kriegsmarine converted floating anti aircraft battery defended port wilhelmshaven closing days war scuttled crew wreck ultimately broken scrap construction ordered contract laid shipyard bremen early launched december fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet july ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons short tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines designed shaft horsepower speed knots mph engines powered coal fired marine type water tube boilers 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 assigned fleet reconnaissance forces assigned alongside sisters armored cruiser served fleet scout role outbreak world war august point employed coastal defense vessel guns removed auxiliary ship old ironclad training ship naval cadets survived war light cruisers germany permitted service treaty versailles ship served assigned alongside battleship withdrawn service march stricken naval register barracks ship wilhelmshaven july world war converted floating anti aircraft battery wilhelmshaven armament point consisted gun guns guns guns assigned naval anti aircraft group remained harbor wilhelmshaven duration war crews scuttled ship days end war europe wreck ultimately salvaged broken scrap
SMS Medusa