SMS Gneisenau
"Gneisenau" was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, Germany in 1904, under construction number 144. She was launched on 14 June 1906, and commissioned into the fleet nearly two years later on 6 March 1908. The ship cost the German government 19,243,000 goldmarks. The ship had been designed for service with the High Seas Fleet, though it was found to be too weak for service with the battle fleet; instead it was deployed overseas, a role in which it performed well.
SMS Nautilus (1906)
SMS "Nautilus" was a German minelaying cruiser built for the "Kaiserliche Marine" (Imperial Navy) in the 1900s, the lead ship of the . The ship was built by AG Weser, with her keel laying taking place in December 1905. She was launched in August 1906 and commissioned in March 1907. "Nautilus" initially carried 186 naval mines and a battery of eight guns, but she was later modified to carry 205 mines and, in 1918, numerous light weapons to support amphibious operations.