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 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.