Part of the Königsberg-class consistent of the Königsberg, Stuttgart, Stettin and Nürnberg, precedent by the Bremen class and succeeded by the Dresden-class. Building ordered as the O’, laid down at the Imperial Dockyard at Danzig in 1905, launched on 22 September 1906, commissioned on 1 February 1908, converted into a sea plane tender at the Imperial Dockyard at Wilhelmshaven between February-May 1918, stricken on 5 November 1919, ceded to United Kingdom as the ‘S’ on 20 July 1920 and broken up. Building vosts 5.488.000 Mark.
Construction of hull consisted of transverse and longitudinal steel-made frames to which the outer steel-made hull was connected. Further more was over around 74% of the hull length a double bottom available. As a sea planer tender fitted out with 2 hangars each for one plane with a third one on top of the hangar. Never actually serving as a seaplane tender.
General technical specifications of this class. With a displacement of 3.469 (design)-3.902 (full load) tons and as 116,8 (waterline)-117,4 (over all) x 13,3 x 5,14-5,4 (fore) metres or 383-385 x 44 x 5,14-5.4 feet. The machinery consisted of 2-shaft triple expansion steam engines and 11 coal fired Marine-type boilers supplying 13.200 ihp allowing a speed of 23 knots. Coal bunker capacity 400 (design)-880 (maximum) tons allowing a range of4.120 nautical miles with a speed of 12 knots. The 2 layers of steel made armour consisted of a 2cm/0.79”-8cm/3.1” thick deck, gun shields with a thickness of 5cm/2” and with the conning tower protected by 2cm/5” (roof)-10cm/3.9” (sides) thick armour. Crew numbered 322 men (included) 14 officers. The armament consisted of 10x1-10,5cm L/40 quick firing guns, 8-5,2cm L/55 quick firing guns and 2 45cm/18” submerged torpedo tubes. After conversion into a seaplane tender was her main armament reduced to 4-10,5cm guns to which 2-8,8cm L/45 quick firing anti aircraft guns were added
