SMS Gneisenau
SMS "Gneisenau" was an armored cruiser of the German navy, part of the two-ship . She was named after August von Gneisenau, a Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars. The ship was laid down in 1904 at the AG Weser dockyard in Bremen, launched in June 1906, and completed in March 1908, at a cost of over 19 million goldmarks. She was armed with a main battery of eight guns, had a top speed of , and displaced at full combat load.
SMS Kaiser Karl VI
SMS "Kaiser Karl VI" ("His Majesty's Ship "Kaiser Karl VI"") was the second of three armored cruisers built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She was built by the "Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino" in Trieste between June 1896 and May 1900, when she was commissioned into the fleet. "Kaiser Karl VI" represented a significant improvement over the preceding design——being faster and more heavily armed and armored. She provided the basis for the third design, , which featured further incremental improvements. Having no overseas colonies to patrol, Austria-Hungary built the ship solely to reinforce its battle fleet.