SMS Nautilus
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History | |
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German Empire | |
Name: | SMS Nautilus |
Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
Cost: | 2,879,000 German gold mark |
Laid down: | 1905 |
Launched: | 28 August 1906 |
Commissioned: | 19 March 1907 |
Struck: | 21 March 1919 |
Fate: | Broken up 1928 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Nautilus-class minelayer |
Displacement: | 2,345 metric tons (2,308 long tons; 2,585 short tons) |
Length: | 98.2 m (322 ft 2 in) o/a |
Beam: | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
Draught: | 4.42 m (14 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion: | 2-shaft VTE, 4 Navy boilers, 6,638 indicated horsepower (4,950 kW) |
Speed: | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph) |
Range: | 3,530 nautical miles (6,540 km; 4,060 mi) @ 9 kn |
Complement: | 10 officers, 191 men |
Armament: |
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SMS Nautilus[Note 1] was a German minelaying cruiser built before World War I. The ship was built by AG Weser, Bremen. The ship served during the war, and was scrapped in 1928.[1]
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Design
Nautilus was equipped with eight 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval guns.[Note 2] The guns fired 22 lb shells at a muzzle velocity of 2133 feet per second. The guns could elevate to 25 degrees, for a maximum range of 10,500 yards.[2] The ship also carried 200 mines.
Notes
- ↑ "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German.
- ↑ In Imperial German Navy gun nomenclature, "SK" (Schnelladekanone) denotes that the gun is quick loading, while the L/45 denotes the length of the gun. In this case, the L/45 gun is 45 calibers, meaning that the gun is 45 times long as it is in diameter.
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