SMS Jaguar
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| Construction data | ||
| Ship type | Gunboat | |
| Ship class | Polecat class | |
| Construction designation: | Replacement hyena | |
| Builder: |
Schichau-Werke in Danzig, construction number: 231 |
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| Keel laying : | 1898 | |
| Launch : | September 19, 1898 | |
| Completion: | April 4, 1899 | |
| Building-costs: | 1.462 million marks | |
| Sister ships | ||
| SMS Iltis , SMS Tiger , SMS Luchs , SMS Panther , SMS Eber | ||
| Ship dimensions | ||
| Measurement: | 726 BRT 449 NRT |
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| Displacement : | Construction: 894 t Maximum: 1,048 t |
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| Length of waterline : Length over all: |
L HCS = 63.9 m L oa = 65.2 m |
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| Width: | 9.1 m | |
| Draft : | 3.59 - 3.63 m | |
| Side height : | 4.86 m | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Boiler system : | 4 Thornycroft coal -fired boilers |
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| Machinery: | 2 horizontal 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines |
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| Number of propellers: | 2 three-leaf 2.6 m | |
| Shaft speed: | 157 / min | |
| Drive power: | 1,378 PSi | |
| Speed: | 13.5 kn (test drive: 14.6 kn) |
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| Driving range: | 3,080 nm at 9 kn | |
| Fuel supply: | 120-190 tons of coal | |
| Crew: | 9 officers and 121 men | |
| Armament | ||
| Sea target guns: | 4 Sk - 8.8 cm L / 30 1124 shots, 73 hm |
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| Revolver cannons : | 6 × 37 mm Hotchkiss cannon 9000 rounds |
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| Whereabouts | ||
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in position 36 ° 3 ' N , 120 ° 16' O itself sunk |
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SMS Jaguar was a Iltis- class gunboat of the Imperial Navy . The five sister ships were SMS Iltis , SMS Tiger , SMS Luchs , SMS Panther and SMS Eber . The boats of the class were designed for overseas service in the German colonial areas .
Technical specifications
The Jaguar was launched in 1898 at the Schichau works in Danzig . She was 62 m long and 9.1 m wide, had a 3.3 m draft, and displaced about 900 tons. As with her sister ship Iltis , the armament consisted of four 8.8 cm rapid loading cannons and six 3.7 cm revolver cannons , while the following four boats instead of the four 8.8 cm then two 10.5 cm -Had quick-loading cannons. The crew numbered 130 men. The maximum speed was 13 knots.
Overseas service
The Jaguar was sent to East Asia in 1899 and started her departure on June 1st in Kiel . On the way they received orders to hoist the German flag as a sign of occupation in the course of the German-Spanish treaty on the Carolines , the Mariana Islands and the Palau Islands . It ran from Singapore via Makassar , Amboina and through Torresstrasse to Herbertshöhe on New Pomerania , the then capital of the German Bismarck Archipelago , which was reached on September 13th. With the imperial governor von Bennigsen on board and accompanied by a government steamer with a department of the native police on board, the Jaguar set sail again on September 29th and raised the flag on October 13th, 1899 at Ponape , Karolinen, on November 3rd, 1899 on Yap , Palau, and on November 17th on Saipan , Mariana Islands. She then continued her journey to East Asia and reached Shanghai on November 30th for repairs. On January 4, 1900, she entered Tsingtau under the command of the East Asian Cruiser Squadron .
In 1900/1901 she took part in the fighting in China on the occasion of the Boxer Rebellion and visited Chinese ports from the southern border to the north. At times the jaguar was stationed on the Yangtze . She has also been to Korea and Japanese ports, with major repairs being carried out in Nagasaki in 1902 .
The usual station service (Navy) followed, with some longer stays in the southern station area.
On October 15, 1908, the Jaguar left Shanghai because the Imperial Colonial Office had requested a warship. From November 18 to 20, she met the governor, Dr. Hahl , and a small force of the native police on board, which they landed on November 25th at Ponape, Caroline Islands. The governor succeeded with the police to settle the unrest there and the Jaguar marched back with the governor and his troops on December 9th.
From December 13th to 27th, 1908, the Jaguar stayed in front of Herbertshöhe and then started a tour through the Carolines and Marianas.
On March 12, 1909, when she returned to Herbertshöhe, she received the order to go to Samoa . There she met the small cruisers SMS Leipzig and SMS Arcona on March 28th . The independence movement Mau a Pule , which began in Samoa, was quickly suppressed. The leaders of the riot were exiled to Jaluit by the Jaguar in April . From there, the Jaguar returned to its stationing area and arrived back in China at the end of May.
In December 1910 she supported British units in fighting an uprising in Hankau (China) and stayed there until the end of February 1911. When the Chinese Revolution broke out in 1911, the Jaguar was first used to secure the German consulate in Futschau . During this time, many missions took place in the southern area of the station area. In February 1914, the Jaguar hit the Yangtze River. The resulting leak was sealed with on-board means. At the beginning of the European crisis she was in front of Hankau. Called back to Tsingtau on July 19, she called at a British dock in Shanghai to carry out the necessary ground repairs. On July 31st, she undocked and under the orders of the First Officer, she sailed past clear-cut British ships at night and reached Tsingtau on August 4th, 1914.
First World War
Arrived in Tsingtau on August 4, 1914 , the Jaguar was initially the only operational German ship, as the sister ships gave up their weapons to equip, in particular, the auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich . Since the commander remained in Shanghai to support German war efforts and, if possible, the supply of the cruiser squadron , the previous commander of the Tiger took over command. Together with the KuK cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth , the jaguar fired at Japanese positions in front of Tsingtau during the siege by Japanese troops . On October 4th, she got a direct hit in the bow. When the surrender could not be averted after the siege of Tsingtau , the Jaguar was the last ship to be blown up on November 7, 1914 in the port of Tsingtau.
| Commanders | |
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| April 1899 | Lieutenant Captain Hugo Kinderling (1860–1943) promoted to Corvette Captain |
| March 1901 | Lieutenant Rudolf Berger (1864-19 ??) |
| September 1902 | Lieutenant Captain Max Kühne (1872–1961) on his behalf |
| November 1902 | Corvette Captain Karl Wilbrandt (1864–1928) |
| March 1904 | Corvette Captain Adolf Kloebe (1867–1941) |
| May 1906 | Corvette Captain Count Harry von Posadowsky-Wehner (1869–1923) |
| June 1908 | Corvette Captain Otto Boland (1871–1942) |
| May 1909 | Corvette Captain Ernst Mysing (1874–1940) |
| June 1911 | Corvette Captain Ernst Vanselow (1875–1925) |
| November 1912 | Corvette Captain Friedrich Lüring (1876–1941) |
| August 1914 | Lieutenant Lieutenant Fritz Matthias (1882-19 ??) on behalf of the company |
| August 1914 | Corvette Captain Karl von Bodecker (1875–1957) ex Tiger |
| November 1914 | Corvette Captain Harry Mündel (1876–1946) |
The crew were taken prisoner of war at the Asakusa temple camp. They were transferred to the Narashino camp on September 7, 1915 .
literature
- Hildebrand, Hans H .: The German warships: Biographies - a mirror of naval history from 1815 to the present . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seitz, Ludwig; The Tsingtau Post in Japanese Captivity: 1914-1920; Berlin 1998, p. 93
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