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SMS Roon was the lead ship of a class of armored cruisers, built for the German Imperial Navy in the early 1900s. Laid down in Kiel in August 1902, launched in June 1903, and commissioned in April 1906, the cruiser was armed with a main battery of four 21 cm guns and had a top speed of 20.4 kn. The ship was occupied with training exercises and made several cruises in the Atlantic Ocean. Roon was quickly rendered obsolescent by the advent of the battlecruiser, and had a limited career. In September 1911 the ship was decommissioned, only to be mobilized in August 1914 following the outbreak of World War I. Roon served in the North Sea, without seeing any action, then was transferred to the Baltic Sea in April 1915 and took part in several operations against Russian forces. The threat of British submarines forced the ship's withdrawal and decommissioning by early 1916. Used as a training ship, Roon was eventually broken up in 1921.

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