SMS Rostock

Scuttled

Type	Light cruiser
War	First World War
Main guns	12 × 4.1″ guns

Fought at Dogger Bank. Flagship of the torpedo-boat leaders at Jutland; torpedoed in the night action and scuttled the next morning.

The German light cruiser SMS Rostock. She was commissioned in 1914 and scuttled at the Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916. From Illustrated London News, 10 June 1916, page 739. This version cropped from file NH 43041.tiff Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 guns
2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes
120 × mines

Armour

Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in)
Deck: 60 mm
Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Laid down	1911
Launched	12 November 1912
Commissioned	4 February 1914
Displacement	Normal: 4,900 t (4,800 long tons) Full load: 6,191 t (6,093 long tons)
Length	142.20 m (466 ft 6 in)
Speed	29.3 kn (54.3 km/h; 33.7 mph)
Complement	18 officers 355 enlisted men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

12 November 1912

Battle of Dogger Bank

Survived

24 January 1915

Battle of Jutland

Scuttled

31 May – 1 June 1916

Torpedoed at night