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.
SS Gneisenau (1935)
"Gneisenau"'s maiden voyage began on Friday 3 Jan 1936. An announcement appeared in "The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser" on 31 December 1935 and read as follows: