S.M.S. Jäger (1883)

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Jäger (1883)
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

Jäger was a torpedo gunboat completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1883.

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

[10][11]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  2. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  3. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  4. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  5. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  6. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 262.
  8. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  9. ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 153.
  10. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 262.
  11. ↑ 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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