S.M.S. Jäger (1883)
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Jäger (1883) | |
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Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen[1] |
Work Number: | 61[2] |
Laid down: | 1882[Inference] |
Launched: | 27 Jan 1883[3] |
Commissioned: | 24 Jul 1883[4] |
Stricken: | 13 May 1889[5] |
Sold: | 1900[6] |
Fate: | Broken up |
Contents
Construction
Laid down as Ersatz Natter. Her designed armament of two 87mm guns, in fixed positions fore and aft, was changed during construction to a mixed gun-torpedo armament.[7][8]
Service
Commissioned on 24 July, 1883 for experimental work. She proved ineffective in service—her unresponsive handling was fatal for a torpedo-armed warship—and was stricken on 13 May, 1889.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Armament
As Designed
- Two 87mm/24 caliber guns
As Built
- One 37mm Hotchkiss five-barrelled machine gun
- Two 350mm torpedo tubes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 262.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 262.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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