SMS Berlin ("His Majesty's Ship Berlin") was the third member of the seven-vessel Bremen class, built by the Imperial German Navy. Throughout her over 40-year-long career, she served with the Imperial Navy, the Reichsmarine, and the Kriegsmarine. She was built by the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig, laid down in 1902, launched in September 1903, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in April 1905.