 Hamburg was ordered under the contract name " K " and was laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin in 1902 and launched on 25 July 1903 , after which fitting @-@ out work commenced . She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 8 March 1904 . The ship was 111 @.@ 1 meters ( 365 ft ) long overall and had a beam of 13 @.@ 3 m ( 44 ft ) and a draft of 5 @.@ 28 m ( 17 @.@ 3 ft ) forward . She displaced 3 @,@ 651 t ( 3 @,@ 593 long tons ; 4 @,@ 025 short tons ) at full combat load . Her propulsion system consisted of two triple @-@ expansion engines , designed to give 10 @,@ 000 indicated horsepower ( 7 @,@ 500 kW ) for a top speed of 22 knots ( 41 km / h ; 25 mph ) . The engines were powered by ten coal @-@ fired Marine @-@ type water @-@ tube boilers . Hamburg carried up to 860 tonnes ( 850 long tons ) of coal , which gave her a range of 4 @,@ 270 nautical miles ( 7 @,@ 910 km ; 4 @,@ 910 mi ) at 12 knots ( 22 km / h ; 14 mph ) . She had a crew of 14 officers and 274 – 287 enlisted men . 
