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and IV Scouting Group were not heavily engaged during the early phases of the battle, since they were stationed close to the main body of the fleet and their guns could not hit targets at the long ranges at which the battle was primarily fought; through the daylight portion of the battle, they only
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received the report of German torpedo boats in contact with the
British, and immediately weighed anchor and steamed off to support them. Twenty-six minutes later, she encountered the British destroyers and opened fire, at a range of 8.5 km (5.3 mi). The attack forced the British ships to
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departed for periodic maintenance in
Wilhelmshaven on 8 December. By the time she returned to the Baltic on 17 February 1918, Nordmann's command had been merged with its counterpart for the central Baltic, and he became the Commander of the Defence of the Baltic, though he shifted his flag from
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had steam in all of her boilers, and was capable of her top speed. She therefore returned to the battle, and at 10:06, she encountered eight
British destroyers and immediately attacked them, opening fire at 10:08. Several hits were observed in the British formation, which dispersed and fled. By
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came to within 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) of an isolated squadron of six
British battleships. However, skirmishes between the rival screens in the darkness convinced Ingenohl that he was faced with the entire Grand Fleet. Under orders from Kaiser Wilhelm II to avoid risking the fleet
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and the rest of IV Scouting Group sortied for another sweep into the North Sea on 17–18 May. Another attempt to catch
British vessels in the southern North Sea took place on 29–30 May. Neither operation located hostile ships. The pace of operations slowed somewhat, and on 2 July,
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too closely, forcing her to slow down. The rest of IV Scouting Group did not notice the reduction in speed, and so the ships became disorganized. Shortly thereafter, the
British 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron came upon the German cruisers, which were joined by
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fell back to get steam in all of her boilers. During this portion of the battle, the ship was hit once, on the starboard No. 4 gun, which killed two men and badly injured another. Her intervention prevented the
British from sinking the torpedo boats
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s aid. The
Russian forces were significantly stronger than the German light cruisers, but they believed more powerful German forces would intervene, and so they disengaged; indeed, when reports of the action arrived at German headquarters, the
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escorted a flotilla of U-boats into the North Sea in an attempt to draw out the
British fleet, which could then be attacked by the U-boats. The force sailed about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) to the northwest of
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could no longer see the fleeing destroyers, and so broke off the chase. The ship had been hit several times in return, without causing significant damage, but killing another two and wounding another four men. At around 13:40,
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during shooting practice. This period lasted until 10 November. She was detached from IV Scouting Group in August, and on 10 September, she became the flagship of the
Commander of the Defenses of the Western Baltic Sea,
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earlier that year, but the discussion came to nothing. Instead, she served briefly as the flagship for the Commander of Minesweeping and Clearing Force from 10 June to 20 July, at which point she was replaced by the cruiser
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was surrendered to Great Britain under the transfer name "T". The terms of the Versailles treaty required that ex-German warships be dismantled or rendered unusable by specific dates; as the deadline for
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10.5 cm guns. A shell fragment punctured the steam pipe for the ship's siren, and the escaping steam impaired visibility and forced the ship to abandon an attempt to launch torpedoes. In the melee,
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torn off a mast. The ship took part in her last peacetime training exercise with the High Seas Fleet in November 1913. She was thereafter replaced in the reconnaissance unit by the new cruiser
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and then returned to port without having encountered any British warships. They made a second sweep into the North Sea on 8 August, again without successfully locating any British ships.
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again served in the covering force for a torpedo-boat patrol among the fishing ships south of Horns Rev. On 10 August, the fleet went to sea again, this time to cover the return of the
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on 11–12 September. The final fleet operation of the war took place on 23–24 October in the direction of Horns Rev; like its predecessors, the ships did not encounter British vessels.
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that was 80 mm (3.1 in) thick amidships. The deck sloped downward at the sides, with a thickness of 45 mm (1.8 in), to provide protection against enemy fire. The
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1365:, followed closely behind, and ordered the light cruisers to fall back on his ships. After conducting a short reconnaissance further west, the Germans returned to port, arriving in
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work thereafter commenced, which was completed by September 1907. Because of her experimental turbines, the German Navy examined the ship thoroughly before accepting her. She was
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to inspect fishing boats in the area. Two further fleet operations into the North Sea followed on 17–18 and 21–22 April, again without resulting in action with British forces.
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thereafter returned to the U-boat school, where she remained until the end of the war in November. During this period, on 25 September, Kaiser Wilhelm II visited the ship.
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with the U-boat school. She was employed as a target ship for U-boat crews to practice torpedoing a moving target. There was some debate about converting the ship into a
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evaded one torpedo but another hit the ship. The warhead failed to detonate, but the impact nevertheless dented the hull and tore some of the plating. On 3 December,
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for two weeks, they returned to Germany. On the way back, they stopped in Vigo from 22 to 26 June, before continuing on to Kiel, arriving there three days later.
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briefly fired on the British ship, but poor visibility forced the ships to cease fire. Reuter turned his ships 90 degrees away and disappeared in the haze.
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was at anchor to the northeast of Helgoland, and the other two ships were on either side. The German screen was under the command of Rear Admiral
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was set on fire and sunk; as the German cruisers turned to avoid colliding with the sinking wreck, IV Scouting Group became dispersed. Only
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in 1910, from 7 to 30 July. This year, the ships cruised in Scandinavian waters. The ship's commander rotated again in September, with FK
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was decommissioned in Wilhelmshaven on 19 or 20 December in Kiel. She was specified among the list of vessels to be surrendered to the
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served in the reconnaissance forces of the German fleet. She saw heavy service for the first three years of the war, including at the
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for periodic maintenance from 8 to 25 March. Reuter temporarily left the ship on 28 March, as he was briefly transferred to command
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had suffered eight men killed and another 28 wounded. She had fired a total of 81 rounds of ammunition from her 10.5 cm guns.
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were detached to reinforce Scheidt's cruisers. Shortly after the bombardment, Libau was captured by the advancing German army, and
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spotted a British cruiser in the distance, but it did not join the battle. By 9:10, the British had withdrawn out of range, and
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and two flotillas of torpedo boats screened the rear of the formation. That evening, the German battle fleet of some twelve
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s normal peacetime routine of training exercises was interrupted from 17 June to 8 August, when she was ordered to escort
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continued in her role as a U-boat flotilla flagship after the start of hostilities. On 6 August, she and the cruiser
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and other warships bombarded the port. The ships of IV Scouting Group were ordered to patrol the line between
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at 14:05. The haze saved the ship, which was able to escape after ten salvos missed her. At 14:20, she encountered
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and the rest of IV Scouting Group were recalled to the High Seas Fleet, arriving back in the North Sea on 12 May.
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intermittently as British ships briefly came into range. But around 21:30, they encountered the British cruiser
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sides were 100 mm (3.9 in) thick. Her main battery guns were fitted with 50 mm (2 in) thick
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had her crew reduced. On 1 July, the ship was reactivated and received a full crew; she was now to join the
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was armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and a pair of 45 cm (18 in)
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was removed from her role as flotilla flagship on 25 November, and two days later, she was assigned to
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reached the scene by 15:25, by which time the British had already disengaged and withdrawn. Hipper, in
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with 4,000 rounds of ammunition. She was also equipped with a pair of 45 cm (17.7 in)
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was hit twice early in the engagement and was set on fire. One of these hits knocked out one of her
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unnecessarily, Ingenohl broke off the engagement and turned the battle fleet back toward Germany.
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sortied to cover a patrol by the 2nd and 13th Torpedo-Half-Flotillas to the area south of
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took command of the ship. In February, she and the rest of the scouting unit visited
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went into effect, ending the fighting in World War I. Following Germany's defeat,
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replaced him as commander of IV Scouting Group. Scheidt, who was promoted to
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1375:had two men killed and nine wounded.
753:was ordered under the contract name "
48:
3092:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
2973:. Oxford: Osprey. pp. 102–118.
2910:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
2842:Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020).
2804:Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting
2801:
2685:
2661:
2649:
1816:
1636:. The Russian ships briefly engaged
1525:; they were instead reinforced with
1205:Some two weeks later, on 28 August,
956:once again served as the escort for
932:, on 1 May. While the ships were in
634:steam turbines that drove a pair of
3058:
2905:
2673:
2637:
2625:
2613:
2576:
2333:(name of the ship to be replaced)".
2149:. She replaced the pre-dreadnought
1378:
13:
3078:
2987:
2924:
2860:
2774:
2564:
2504:
2492:
2439:
2415:
2269:and dismantled for scrap by 1923.
1215:. At the start of the engagement,
912:in company with the light cruiser
849:, Sweden, where the Swedish king,
816:, Spain, during a cruise with the
715:
573:of 13.2 m (43 ft) and a
301:10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40
14:
3261:
3214:List of light cruisers of Germany
2846:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
2806:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
2727:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2715:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2698:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2602:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2553:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2457:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
2397:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
1201:Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)
662:(10,650 km; 6,620 mi).
605:structure. Her hull had a raised
3235:Königsberg-class cruisers (1905)
3042:German Battlecruisers: 1914–1918
1195:s actions against the destroyers
976:became the ship's next captain.
550:Plan and profile drawing of the
181:: 3,822 t (3,762 long tons)
50:
26:
3250:World War I cruisers of Germany
3090:The Kaiser's Cruisers 1871–1918
3061:Jutland: The German Perspective
2997:. London: Cassell and Company.
2336:
1428:, stood by in distant support;
766:" on 20 December 1905. She was
683:5.2 cm (2 in) SK guns
642:that were vented through three
617:. She was fitted with two pole
565:was 115.3 meters (378 ft)
376:(Imperial Navy). She had three
308:5.2 cm (2 in) SK guns
2908:A Naval History of World War I
2321:
2301:
2284:
1038:aboard the presidential yacht
312:2 × 45 cm (17.7 in)
1:
2795:
2664:, pp. 276, 280–284, 390.
1702:, which was returning from a
693:submerged in the hull on the
2543:, pp. 10–11, 21–22, 26.
2353:
2272:
1347:. The German battlecruisers
7:
3088:; Nottelmann, Dirk (2021).
2313:class and does not include
2298:", or "His Majesty's Ship".
1660:pre-dreadnought battleships
1146:and led to the outbreak of
1014:Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz
908:. On 9 April, she departed
896:in the Ottoman Empire, and
336:: 100 mm (3.9 in)
10:
3266:
2866:German Warships: 1815–1945
2191:, as had been done to her
1945:. German observers aboard
1828:
1414:. The first that involved
1198:
1098:, and on 4 February 1914,
778:on 22 March 1906. She was
665:The ship was armed with a
613:, along with a pronounced
489:
458:Battle of Heligoland Bight
330:: 80 mm (3.1 in)
207:5.29 m (17.4 ft)
191:115.3 m (378 ft)
3209:
3183:
3147:
2906:Halpern, Paul G. (1995).
1314:reached with the cruiser
1213:Battle of Helgoland Bight
1178:Battle of Helgoland Bight
597:. The ship had a minimal
504:Germany's colonial empire
485:
137:
43:
25:
3044:. Oxford: Osprey Books.
3023:Battle on the Seven Seas
2925:Heyman, Neil M. (1997).
2277:
2081:. During the operation,
1557:Operations in the Baltic
1154:Actions in the North Sea
1136:Archduke Franz Ferdinand
654:) for a top speed of 23
492:Königsberg-class cruiser
199:13.2 m (43 ft)
3059:Tarrant, V. E. (1995).
2802:Campbell, John (1998).
2652:, pp. 35, 251–252.
2346:give conflicting dates.
2344:German Federal Archives
2234:under the terms of the
1676:Return to the North Sea
1000:, and was commanded by
918:, which was to support
460:in August 1914 and the
138:General characteristics
3240:Ships built in Stettin
2329:
2315:
2309:
2294:Seiner Majestät Schiff
2292:
2261:
2254:
2222:
2218:Armistice with Germany
2209:
2179:
2170:
2164:
2157:
2133:
2115:
2101:
2095:
2089:
2083:
2070:
2060:
2054:
2048:
2042:
2036:
2030:
2022:
2008:
1994:
1965:
1959:
1953:
1947:
1941:
1923:
1917:
1905:
1898:
1892:
1886:
1877:
1871:
1858:managed to fire a few
1853:
1841:
1826:
1805:
1799:
1793:
1787:
1781:
1775:
1769:
1760:
1746:
1730:
1717:
1708:
1689:
1682:
1668:
1650:
1644:
1638:
1581:
1575:
1569:
1563:
1545:
1539:
1533:
1527:
1521:
1515:
1509:
1503:
1485:
1473:
1467:
1461:
1430:
1426:Friedrich von Ingenohl
1416:
1406:
1394:
1384:
1371:
1355:
1337:
1331:
1322:
1310:
1303:
1296:
1274:
1268:
1261:
1255:
1249:
1239:
1223:
1217:
1207:
1196:
1188:
1165:
1159:
1124:
1118:
1100:
1084:
1060:
1051:
1018:
1002:
994:and the light cruiser
981:
968:
958:
952:
942:
920:
904:
898:
888:
872:
855:
831:
822:
802:
755:
749:
745:
725:
623:
561:
557:
552:
516:
508:
498:
478:
452:
427:
414:
404:
370:
354:
347:
69:
34:
2739:Campbell & Sieche
2428:Campbell & Sieche
2366:Campbell & Sieche
2002:Subsequent operations
1824:
1465:on 23 February, kept
1185:
1140:had been assassinated
808:(FK—Frigate Captain)
723:
549:
352:("His Majesty's Ship
3040:Staff, Gary (2006).
3021:Staff, Gary (2011).
2729:, pp. 190, 212.
2688:, pp. 341, 360.
2430:, pp. 140, 157.
2368:, pp. 142, 157.
2236:Treaty of Versailles
2216:On 11 November, the
1369:by 21:30. In total,
1211:was involved in the
1142:, which sparked the
1045:. After touring the
1022:was the only German
876:was cruising in the
2700:, pp. 189–190.
2676:, pp. 246–247.
2628:, pp. 191–193.
2555:, pp. 188–189.
2459:, pp. 187–188.
2442:, pp. 104–105.
2380:, pp. 110–114.
2066:action of 19 August
1138:of Austria-Hungary
1130:(Corvette Captain)
1036:William Howard Taft
974:Wilhelm von Krosigk
810:Friedrich Boedicker
2481:Hadley & Sarty
2290:"SMS" stands for "
2012:was docked at the
2006:After the battle,
1827:
1664:IV Battle Squadron
1197:
1132:Karl August Nerger
746:
640:water-tube boilers
558:
529:Russo-Japanese War
510:Kaiserliche Marine
402:shipyard in 1906,
372:Kaiserliche Marine
230:water-tube boilers
3222:
3221:
3099:978-1-68247-745-8
3051:978-1-84603-009-3
3032:978-1-84884-182-6
2980:978-1-4728-4071-4
2940:978-0-313-29880-6
2875:978-0-87021-790-6
2853:978-1-5267-4198-1
2834:978-0-85177-245-5
2813:978-1-55821-759-1
2787:Dodson & Cant
2763:Dodson & Cant
2751:Dodson & Cant
2579:, pp. 31–33.
2567:, pp. 68–69.
2507:, pp. 34–35.
2024:Kaiserliche Werft
1831:Battle of Jutland
1817:Battle of Jutland
1756:II Scouting Group
1713:Ludwig von Reuter
1695:auxiliary cruiser
1477:and the cruisers
1402:Karl von Restorff
1390:IV Scouting Group
880:with the cruiser
878:Mediterranean Sea
843:Kaiser Wilhelm II
776:her namesake city
648:metric horsepower
462:Battle of Jutland
400:AG Vulcan Stettin
342:
341:
3257:
3131:
3124:
3117:
3108:
3107:
3103:
3074:
3055:
3036:
3017:
3015:
3014:
3005:. Archived from
2989:Scheer, Reinhard
2984:
2965:
2944:
2932:
2921:
2902:
2890:
2879:
2857:
2838:
2817:
2790:
2784:
2778:
2772:
2766:
2760:
2754:
2748:
2742:
2736:
2730:
2724:
2718:
2712:
2701:
2695:
2689:
2683:
2677:
2671:
2665:
2659:
2653:
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2635:
2629:
2623:
2617:
2611:
2605:
2599:
2580:
2574:
2568:
2562:
2556:
2550:
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2538:
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2520:
2514:
2508:
2502:
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2484:
2478:
2472:
2466:
2460:
2454:
2443:
2437:
2431:
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2419:
2413:
2400:
2394:
2381:
2375:
2369:
2363:
2347:
2340:
2334:
2332:
2325:
2319:
2318:
2312:
2305:
2299:
2297:
2288:
2264:
2257:
2225:
2212:
2182:
2173:
2167:
2160:
2147:Hermann Nordmann
2136:
2118:
2104:
2098:
2092:
2086:
2073:
2063:
2057:
2051:
2045:
2039:
2033:
2027:
2011:
1997:
1968:
1962:
1956:
1950:
1944:
1926:
1920:
1908:
1901:
1896:passed ahead of
1895:
1889:
1880:
1874:
1856:
1844:
1808:
1802:
1796:
1790:
1784:
1778:
1772:
1763:
1749:
1733:
1720:
1711:
1704:commerce raiding
1692:
1685:
1671:
1656:
1653:
1647:
1641:
1595:armored cruisers
1584:
1578:
1572:
1566:
1548:
1542:
1536:
1530:
1524:
1518:
1512:
1506:
1488:
1476:
1470:
1464:
1440:pre-dreadnoughts
1433:
1419:
1412:I Scouting Group
1409:
1399:
1387:
1379:Fleet operations
1374:
1358:
1340:
1334:
1328:
1325:
1313:
1306:
1299:
1277:
1271:
1264:
1258:
1252:
1245:Franz von Hipper
1242:
1226:
1220:
1210:
1194:
1191:
1168:
1162:
1129:
1126:Korvettenkapitän
1121:
1103:
1087:
1063:
1054:
1021:
1007:
984:
971:
961:
955:
945:
928:, an island off
923:
907:
901:
891:
875:
861:Curt von Rössing
858:
836:
828:
825:
807:
804:Fregattenkapitän
760:
752:
728:
636:screw propellers
626:
564:
555:
539:was fitted with
519:
513:
501:
481:
455:
430:
417:
407:
375:
357:
350:
287:308 enlisted men
72:
60:
55:
54:
53:
37:
30:
23:
22:
3265:
3264:
3260:
3259:
3258:
3256:
3255:
3254:
3225:
3224:
3223:
3218:
3205:
3179:
3143:
3141:-class cruisers
3135:
3100:
3081:
3079:Further reading
3071:
3052:
3033:
3012:
3010:
2981:
2941:
2918:
2899:
2876:
2854:
2835:
2814:
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2757:
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2608:
2600:
2583:
2575:
2571:
2563:
2559:
2551:
2547:
2539:
2535:
2531:, pp. 5–7.
2527:
2523:
2519:, pp. 4–5.
2515:
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2414:
2403:
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2360:
2356:
2351:
2350:
2342:Records in the
2341:
2337:
2326:
2322:
2306:
2302:
2289:
2285:
2280:
2275:
2189:seaplane tender
2127:to protect the
2075:Karl Seiferling
2004:
1837:Reinhard Scheer
1833:
1819:
1797:; in addition,
1678:
1654:
1615:Admiral Makarov
1559:
1381:
1326:
1235:Helgoland Bight
1203:
1192:
1180:
1156:
1088:had one of her
1012:—Rear Admiral)
979:In March 1912,
964:Johannes Hartog
948:Wilhelm Höpfner
938:Austria-Hungary
886:as the escort.
826:
818:High Seas Fleet
800:. At that time
729:(center), with
718:
716:Service history
675:pedestal mounts
494:
488:
410:High Seas Fleet
398:. Laid down at
212:Installed power
125:5 November 1919
117:29 October 1907
56:
51:
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19:
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2880:
2874:
2858:
2852:
2839:
2833:
2818:
2812:
2797:
2794:
2792:
2791:
2779:
2777:, p. 105.
2767:
2755:
2743:
2741:, p. 157.
2731:
2719:
2717:, p. 190.
2702:
2690:
2678:
2666:
2654:
2642:
2630:
2618:
2616:, p. 191.
2606:
2604:, p. 189.
2581:
2569:
2557:
2545:
2533:
2521:
2509:
2497:
2495:, p. xix.
2485:
2473:
2461:
2444:
2432:
2420:
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2401:
2399:, p. 188.
2382:
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2271:
2240:naval register
2177:At that time,
2155:in that role.
2003:
2000:
1963:remained with
1829:Main article:
1818:
1815:
1677:
1674:
1558:
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1380:
1377:
1199:Main article:
1179:
1176:
1155:
1152:
1058:In July 1913,
868:Ottoman Empire
717:
714:
660:nautical miles
599:superstructure
541:steam turbines
490:Main article:
487:
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3200:
3196:Followed by:
3195:
3193:
3191:
3187:Preceded by:
3186:
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3101:
3095:
3091:
3087:
3086:Dodson, Aidan
3083:
3082:
3072:
3070:0-304-35848-7
3066:
3062:
3057:
3053:
3047:
3043:
3038:
3034:
3028:
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3009:on 2008-09-16
3008:
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2898:0-304-35848-7
2894:
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2871:
2867:
2863:
2862:Gröner, Erich
2859:
2855:
2849:
2845:
2840:
2836:
2830:
2826:
2825:
2819:
2815:
2809:
2805:
2800:
2799:
2789:, p. 55.
2788:
2783:
2776:
2771:
2765:, p. 45.
2764:
2759:
2753:, p. 33.
2752:
2747:
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2735:
2728:
2723:
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2228:Allied powers
2224:
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2214:
2211:
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2205:
2199:
2198:
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2190:
2186:
2185:training ship
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3013:2012-06-04
2796:References
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