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Two '''''Wacht'' class avisos''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1888-1889. | Two '''''Wacht'' class avisos''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1888-1889. | ||
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 2 vessels | ||
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+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
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+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
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+ | | {{DE-Wacht}} | ||
+ | |[[Aktien-Gesellschaft "Weser"|AG Weser]], Bremen | ||
+ | |1886 | ||
+ | |27 Aug, 1887 | ||
+ | |9 Aug, 1888 | ||
+ | |Lost 4 Sep, 1901 | ||
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+ | | {{DE-Jagd}} | ||
+ | |[[Aktien-Gesellschaft "Weser"|AG Weser]], Bremen | ||
+ | |1887 | ||
+ | |7 Jul, 1888 | ||
+ | |25 Jun, 1889 | ||
+ | |Broken up 1920 | ||
+ | |} | ||
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Revision as of 11:34, 17 May 2016
Two Wacht class avisos were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1888-1889.
Overview of 2 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Wacht | AG Weser, Bremen | 1886 | 27 Aug, 1887 | 9 Aug, 1888 | Lost 4 Sep, 1901 |
Jagd | AG Weser, Bremen | 1887 | 7 Jul, 1888 | 25 Jun, 1889 | Broken up 1920 |
Contents
Design & Construction
Performance
The Wachts were poor seaboats that were very wet and pitched and rolled severely, as well as requiring lee helm. Despite this they could sail into a head sea with only slight loss of speed.[1]
Armament
As Completed
- Three 105mm/35 caliber guns
- Three 350mm torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes
1891
- Four 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns
- Three 350mm torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 96.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 257.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 95-96.
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).
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. 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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