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 Hansa (1872)
SMS "Hansa"  was a German ironclad warship built in 1868–1875. She was the first ironclad built in Germany; all previous German ironclads had been built in foreign shipyards. She was named after the Hanseatic League, known in Germany simply as "Hanse", Latinized "Hansa". The ship was launched in October 1872 and commissioned into the German Imperial Navy ("Kaiserliche Marine") in May 1875. Designed for overseas service, "Hansa" was classed as an armored corvette and armed with eight guns in a central battery.