sms sms class light cruiser german kaiserliche_marine world war sister ships sms ship built kiel hull laid launched july commissioned high_seas_fleet october armed main battery guns speed knots mph commissioning spent peacetime career torpedo test ship gunnery training ship outbreak world war assigned baltic_sea spent entire war august participated operation saw shots war russia fired later took august october numerous smaller engagements war struck january ship operational months end war ceded japan war prize subsequently broken scrap design ordered replacement contract laid shipyard kiel launched july fitting work commenced commissioned high_seas_fleet october ship meters long overall beam draft forward displaced long tons combat load propulsion system consisted sets parsons steam turbines driving meter propellers designed metric horsepower shp powered coal fired marine water tube boilers gave ship speed knots mph carried long tons short tons coal gave range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men ship armed guns single pedestal mounts placed forward forecastle located amidships aft replaced guns carried anti aircraft guns replaced pair anti aircraft guns equipped pair torpedo tubes submerged hull deck mounted torpedo tube launchers added carry mines conning tower thick sides deck covered thick armor plate service history commissioning torpedo test ship transferred gunnery training 20th visited courtesy visit captain fischer crew welcomed lord greatest displayed following outbreak world war august assigned baltic_sea command rear admiral august laid minefield outside russian harbor shelled port russians fact left seized german_army minefield laid poorly marked hindered german operations russian efforts rest baltic light forces conducted series russian positions august destroyers encountered pair powerful russian armored cruisers admiral russian commander mistaken assumption german armored cruisers present attack forces withdrew september light forces baltic reinforced composed older class battleships large armored cruiser starting september combined german force conducted sweep baltic operation spotted russian cruisers attempted draw closer russians refused bait withdrew september torpedo boat steamed sank russian steamer 9th german fleet returned port night january ran russian minefield struck crew kept ship afloat towed port repairs service april ready major operation german_army planned seize port distraction main austro german effort requested naval support navy organized force comprising coastal defense ship armored cruisers light cruisers including large number torpedo boats addition consisting light cruisers torpedo boats sent north_sea reinforce operation german_army captured subsequently turned advance base german_navy later month navy assigned laying operation lay minefield near entrance submarine attack cruiser prompted german naval command cancel operation june seven torpedo boats escorted cruiser laid field served flagship commodore commander operation finishing laying minefield sent wireless transmission informing headquarters accomplished mission returning port message intercepted russians allowing intercept germans russian armored cruisers powerful armored cruiser steaming support attempted ambush german squadron dispersed force shortly encountering russians torpedo boats steamed remainder went shortly june spotted russian force ordered slower seek refuge neutral swedish waters torpedo boats high speed escape russians engagement followed badly damaged ran aground swedish waters russians turned engage second german force low ammunition engagement broke engagement russian class submarine fired torpedoes night june missed assigned forces took august significant detachment high_seas_fleet including dreadnoughts battlecruisers went baltic clear russian naval forces participated second attack august led dreadnoughts nassau night august encountered pair russian sank managed escape russian surface forces time withdrawn threat russian submarines mines gulf prompted germans retreat october unknown submarine fired torpedo hit september participated attempt force september heavy russian resistance primarily old battleship forced germans retreat gulf november participated attack operation point assigned sister october ships left escort operations attacked russian inch coastal guns approach temporarily forced turn away anchored began clear path minefields days later joined dreadnoughts sweep battleships engaged russian naval forces tasked supervising occupation according armistice ended war rest german fleet interned scapa_flow returned main german ports disarmed subsequent treaty versailles formally ended conflict listed warship surrendered allied powers disarmed accordance terms armistice guns remain board end world war surrendered japan war prize september japanese use ship broken
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