my favourite Hilfskreuzer (ww1  ): the Kronprinz Wilhelm 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Von_Steuben_(ID-3017)
15000 gross tons
25 knots max speed
2 x 88 mm guns
2 x 120 mm guns (from a prize ship)
Drive it would be my greatest dream  
...Maybe, one day... 
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