SMS brake (1916)
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| Construction data | ||
| Ship type | Mine cruiser | |
| Ship class | Brummer class | |
| Construction designation: | Mine steamer D | |
| Builder: |
AG Vulkan Stettin construction no .: 423 |
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| Keel laying : | April 27, 1915 | |
| Launch : | March 11, 1916 | |
| Completion: | July 1, 1916 | |
| Ship dimensions | ||
| Measurement: | 3615 BRT 1632 NRT |
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| Displacement : | Construction: 4385 t maximum: 5856 t |
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| Length of the waterline : Length over all: |
L KWL 135 m L overall approx : 140.4 m |
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| Width: | 13.2 m | |
| Draft : | 5.88-6 m | |
| Side height : | 8.9 m | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Boiler system : | 6 marine steam boilers (2 coal- / 4 oil-fired) |
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| Machinery: | 2 sets of steam turbines | |
| Number of propellers: | 2 three-leaf 3.2 m | |
| Shaft speed: | 382 / min | |
| Drive power: | Test Drive: 47,748 PSW Construction: 33,000 PSW |
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| Speed: | 28 kn | |
| Driving range: | 5800 nm at 12 kn | |
| Fuel supply: | 300–600 t coal 500–1000 t heating oil |
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| Crew: | 16 officers and 293 men | |
| Armor | ||
| Belt armor: | 40 mm | |
| Deck: | 15 mm | |
| Gun shields: | 50 mm | |
| Control center: | horizontal: 100 mm vertical: 20 mm |
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| Armament | ||
| Sea target guns: | 4 Sk 15 cm L / 45 600 shots, 176 hm |
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| Flak : | 2 × 8.8 cm L / 45 | |
| Torpedo tubes 50 cm: | 2 on deck | |
| Mine capacity : | 400 | |
| Commanders | ||
| Frigate Captain Otto von Bülow | July 1916 to August 1917 | |
| Frigate Captain Siegfried Westerkamp | August 1917 to August 1918 | |
| Corvette Captain Wilhelm Prentzel | September 4 to December 18, 1918 | |
| First Lieutenant Fritz Schacke | Internment Commander | |
| Whereabouts | ||
| November 26th 1918 Internment in Scapa Flow June 21st, 1919 Scuttling |
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The mine cruiser SMS Bremse of the German Imperial Navy was built in 1915 as "New Mining Steamer D" at AG Vulkan Stettin . It was launched on March 11, 1916 and entered service on July 1, 1916.
With regard to the technical data and the operational history, the same applies as for the sister ship SMS Brummer . The machinery consisted of two steam turbines, which were driven by six coal / oil burner boilers and operated on two screws. The turbines built into the truck and brake were originally intended for the construction of the Russian battle cruiser Navarin , but were confiscated at the start of the war in 1914.
According to the design, at 47,000 PSw, 28 knots were reached on shallow water and with a lower displacement approx. 30 knots. A maximum of 600 tons of coal and 1000 tons of oil could be bunkered.
history
SMS Bremse was operational from October 1916. In December she was assigned to the fourth reconnaissance group, with which she took part in various missions in the North Sea. In January 1917, for example, the brake carried out a mining operation and on October 17, 1917, together with her sister ship Brummer , pushed forward against the Allied convoys between Norway and Scotland . The British destroyers HMS Strongbow and HMS Mary Rose and nine freighters were sunk. In March 1918 the brake made a foray into the Skagerrak and the Kattegat , but this was unsuccessful. One month later the fleet was deployed for the last time, which also remained unsuccessful.
On November 3, 1918, the ship was decommissioned in Swinoujscie . Soon afterwards it had to be manned again and transferred to Scapa Flow . Seven months later, on June 21, 1919, the commander of the interned German fleet, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter , gave the order to scuttling . During the day, most of the 74 interned ships sank to the bottom of Scapa Flow. The mine cruiser SMS Bremse is one of them .
The wreck was lifted and scrapped in 1929. One of his six-inch guns is now in the Scapa Flow Visitor Center in Lyness on Hoy.
Trivia
One of the best-known members of the crew was the naval writer Fritz-Otto Busch , who later became famous as an officer on watch on the brakes .
literature
- Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung and Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945 Volume 1. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8 .
- Gerhard Koop, Klaus-Peter Schmolke: Small cruisers 1903-1918, Bremen to Cologne class. Volume 12 Ship classes and ship types of the German Navy, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7637-6252-3 .