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 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.