SMS Nautilus (1906)

Overview
Type	Mine cruiser
Shipyard	AG Weser , Bremen
Order	1905
Keel laying	1906
Launch	August 28, 1906
Commissioning	1907
Decommissioning	1928
Whereabouts	scrapped
Technical specifications
displacement	Construction: 1975 ts; Maximum: 2345 ts
length	KWL : 90 m ; over everything: 98 m
width	11.2 m
Draft	4.42 - 4.54 m
crew	201 men
drive	4 marine steam boilers ; 2 three-cylinder ; expansion machines ; 6638 PSi ;
speed	20.8 kn
Range	3530 nm at 9 kn
Armament	8 × 8.8 cm cannon; 4 × 2 cm flak (from 1918) ; 391 mines ;
Bunker supply	490 tons of coal

The second SMS Nautilus was a mine cruiser of the German Imperial Navy . The sister ship was SMS Albatross .

Construction and technical data

The ship was built from 1905 to 1907 at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen . The construction costs amounted to about 2.8 million gold marks . The launch took place on April 28, 1906, the commissioning on March 19, 1907.

In the years 1909/1910 a conversion took place in which a 2.7 m long rear overhang was created. This increased the total length of the ship to 100.9 meters. The width was 11.2 meters and the draft was 4.42 or 4.54 meters with maximum payload. The water displacement reached unladen 1975 and with payload 2345 tons . The two triple expansion steam engines were supplied with steam under 1.6 MPa steam pressure from four marine boilers with a total of eight fires . Together they developed 6,000 hp (4,416 kW); at full load an output of 6,638 hp (4,886 kW) could be achieved. With its two screws, each 3.2 meters in diameter, the ship could reach a top speed of 20.7 knots (≈ 38.34 km / h). With a coal supply of up to 490 tons, the ship had a range of 3,530 nm at a cruising speed of 9 knots. The Nautilus was armed with eight 8.8 cm rapid-fire cannons and could carry up to 391 sea mines ; In 1918 four 2 cm flak were also installed. The crew consisted of ten officers and 191 men.

history

After its commissioning, the ship served as a mine training ship. In the First World War it was used as a mine-layer and coastal defense ship. On March 21, 1919, the Nautilus was removed from the list of active ships. From 1921 the ship still served as a storage ship and hulk . Finally, on August 18, 1928, it was sold to Copenhagen for 180,000 gold marks to be scrapped.

Commanders

March 19, 1907 to October 26, 1908	Corvette Captain Karl Wedding
January 15, 1910 to April 1911	Corvette Captain Wilhelm Adelung
April to September 1911	Lieutenant Tholens
September 30th to December 7th, 1911	Lieutenant Captain Kurt Assmann
December 1911 to August 1912	Captain Reinhold Gadow
August 30th to October 30th 1912	Corvette Captain Wilhelm von Hippel
June 5, 1914 to April 1916	Frigate Captain Wilhelm Schultz
April 1916 to March 1917	Corvette Captain Ludwig Kaulhausen
March 1917 to December 10, 1918	Corvette Captain / Frigate Captain Franz Pfeiffer

literature

Dieter Jung: The ships of the Imperial Navy 1914–1918 and their whereabouts , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 2004, ISBN 3-7637-6247-7

Web links

Technical data of the mining cruiser SMS Nautilus

Individual evidence

↑ Information in source (Dieter Jung: The ships of the Imperial Navy 1914–1918 and their whereabouts , p. 50/51) in engl. long tons.

[1] Information in source (Dieter Jung: The ships of the Imperial Navy 1914–1918 and their whereabouts , p. 50/51) in engl. long tons.