Opening Kiel Canal, Kiel, Germany, June 1895
Building ordered on 3 March 1887, order awarded on 26 October 1887, laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, USA on 14 August 1888, launched on 26 October 1889, commissioned on 15 November 1890, converted into a mine planter in June 1908, reclassified as cruiser minelayer on 17 July 1920 and sold to be broken up on 20 April 1939.
