SMS Iltis (1878)
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| Construction data | ||
| Ship type | Gunboat | |
| Ship class | Wolf- class | |
| Construction designation: | Replacement tiger | |
| Builder: | Imperial shipyard in Gdansk | |
| Keel laying : | 1877 | |
| Launch : | September 18, 1878 | |
| Completion: | 1880 | |
| Building-costs: | 550,000 marks | |
| Ship dimensions | ||
| Measurement: | 295 BRT 121 NRT |
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| Displacement : | Construction: 490 t Maximum: 570 t |
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| Length: |
KWL : 44.5 m over all: 47.2 m |
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| Width: | 7.66 m | |
| Draft : | 3.10 - 3.40 m | |
| Side height : | 2.92 m | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Boiler system : | 2 suitcase kettles | |
| Machinery: | 2 horizontal 1-cylinder single expansion steam engines |
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| Number of propellers: | 1 double-leaf 2.53 m | |
| Shaft speed: | 140 / min | |
| Drive power: | 340 PSi | |
| Speed: | 8.5 kn | |
| Driving range: | 1,640 nm at 9 kn | |
| Fuel supply: | 112 tons of coal | |
| Crew: | 5 officers and 101 men | |
| Armament | ||
| Sea target guns: | 2 rows - 12.5 cm L / 23 (52 hm , 270 shots) 2 rows - 8.7 cm L / 24 (200 shots) 3 rev - 3.7 cm |
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| Torpedo tubes : | no | |
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SMS Iltis was a gunboat of the Imperial Navy . Like its sister ships SMS Hyäne and SMS Wolf , it was designed for use in overseas colonies .
technology
The ships were each equipped with two steam engines that had been removed from the decommissioned gunboats Blitz , Basilisk , Delphin and Meteor and enabled them to travel at speeds of up to 9.5 knots. In order to save coal on long journeys, they were rigged as 3-masted barquentines with a sail area of 541 m². The armament consisted of two 12.5 cm L / 23 ring cannons and two 8.7 cm L / 24 ring cannons as well as three 3.7 cm revolver cannons . At 47 m in length, 7.7 m in width and 3.5 m in draft, the Iltis displaced 412 tons (standard) and up to 570 tons (maximum). The crew consisted of five officers and 80 men.
history
The polecat was launched on September 18, 1878 at the Imperial Shipyard in Danzig . She was assigned to the East Asia Squadron and provided station service in the Pacific region, especially in the German island colonies .
The ship was lost on July 23, 1896 in a typhoon near Cape Shantung ( Shandong ) near Rongcheng by stranding. Three men were able to save themselves on land, 11 survivors were rescued from the wreck two days later. 71 men were killed. The deceased were buried at the Moyedao lighthouse (Chinese 镆 铘 岛). The ship's bell is now exhibited in the Rastatt Military History Museum.
The Imperial Navy named a new gunboat launched in 1898 as the SMS Iltis .
In 1938, the Navy named one of their test boats Otto Braun in honor of the captain of the Iltis , Kapitänleutnant Otto Braun.
monument
The Berlin sculptor August Kraus created the memorial for the drowned sailors, which was erected and inaugurated in Shanghai in 1898 .
Picture gallery
Moyedao, grave of Kapitänleutnant Otto Braun, commandant of the polecat
Visit of the Iltis cemetery by Prince Heinrich of Prussia
German volunteer corps at the Iltis monument in Shanghai
literature
- Winfried monk myth gunboat SMS Iltis - Faithful unto death ... . In: Schiff Classic , magazine for shipping and marine history eV of the DGSM , issue: 3/2020, pp. 56–61.
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