sms sms fifth vessel member class coastal defense ships built german_imperial_navy sister ships built kiel shipyard armed main battery centimeter guns served german fleet 1890s rebuilt served battle squadron outbreak world war august saw action barracks ship ran aground route netherlands scrapping eventually broken design meters long overall beam maximum draft displaced long tons combat load propulsion system consisted vertical cylinder triple expansion engines steam engines provided coal fired boilers ship propulsion system provided speed mph range approximately nautical miles mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns mounted single gun turrets placed forward located aft main superstructure supplied total rounds ammunition ship equipped guns single mounts carried torpedo tubes swivel mounts deck bow stern amidships ship protected armored belt amidships armored deck thick conning tower thick sides service history laid shipyard kiel launched august completed october participated fleet maneuvers alongside sister ships fleet division based danzig torpedo boats operated german fleet mock engagements division simulated participated annual summer maneuvers sisters assigned simulated hostile fleet summer exercises served active duty fleet taken drydock shipyard danzig extensive reconstruction ship lengthened increased displacement long tons short tons old boilers replaced new marine type boilers second funnel added secondary battery increased guns torpedo tubes replaced tubes work completed returned fleet modernization completed assigned alongside remained fleet remained outbreak world war august mobilized coastal defense sister ships august crew transferred warships barracks ship june stricken naval register sold netherlands scrapping ran aground route breakers wreck blown subsequently broken
SMS Hildebrand