sentences:  The "Reichsmarineamt" (RMA—Imperial Navy Office) preferred to build a combination of large cruisers of around along the lines of and significantly smaller vessels of about to support them, while the "Oberkommando der Marine" (Naval High Command) argued that a uniform force of cruisers was preferable.In the event, the RMA carried the day and three 6,000-ton cruisers were authorized in 1895.They resembled the larger s, designed at the same time, albeit at reduced scale.