The Hummel was the last ship of the Wespe class , a class of eleven armored cannon boats of the Imperial Navy , which was constructed for the defense of the German North and Baltic Sea coasts.
The Hummel was, like her sister ships , the Bremen shipyard AG Weser built. Work on the ship began in January 1880, the launch took place around 13 months later on February 12, 1881. The ship was first put into service from May 22 to June 10, 1882 for transfer to Kiel .
From April 22, 1884, the Hummel belonged to a newly established flotilla under the command of Captain Karl August Deinhard , which included the flagship Grille , the bees , the camaeleon and the crocodill , as well as after the bee disaster from June 26 they replaced Natter . The joint exercises were initially carried out in the waters from Rügen and in the western Baltic Sea to Gdansk . The flotilla then took part in the fleet's autumn maneuvers in the North Sea. On September 30, the tank gunboat was decommissioned in Kiel.
Whereabouts
The Hummel was not used again for active service after 1884 and remained in the reserve for 26 years. On September 27, 1910, it was finally removed from the list of warships and used as a workshop for eight years. In 1923 the hull was brought to Swinoujscie to be used as a depot ship for the I. Torpedo Boat Flotilla and later as a bulky weapon depot. On May 4, 1945 he was finally sunk in the port of Swinoujscie.
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