SMS Arrow (1882)
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| Construction data | ||
| Ship type |
Aviso from 1897 small cruiser |
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| Ship class | Lightning class | |
| Construction designation: | Aviso replacement grill | |
| Builder: |
Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven in Wilhelmshaven construction no .: 6 |
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| Keel laying : | August 1881 | |
| Launch : | September 16, 1882 | |
| Completion: | November 25, 1884 | |
| Building-costs: | 1.395 million gold marks | |
| Ship dimensions | ||
| Measurement: | 815 BRT 367 NRT |
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| Displacement : | Construction: 1381 t Maximum: 1486 t |
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| Length: |
KWL : 75.3 m over all: 78.43 m |
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| Width: | KWL: 9.9 m | |
| Draft : | 4.4 - 4.07 m | |
| Side height : | 5.98 m | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Boiler system : | 8 coal-fired locomotive steam boilers |
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| Machinery: | 2 horizontal two-cylinder double expansion steam engines |
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| Number of propellers: | 2 three-leaf Ø 3.2 m | |
| Shaft speed: | 144 / min | |
| Drive power: | 2,700 PSi achieved: 2,2337 PSi |
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| Speed: | 16.0 kts reached: 15.6 kts |
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| Driving range: | 2440 nm at 9 kn | |
| Fuel supply: | 220 tons of coal | |
| Crew: | 6 officers and 135 men | |
| Armor | ||
| unarmored | ||
| Armament | ||
| Sea target guns: | 1 × 12.5 cm-Rk-L / 23 (100 shots, 52 hm ) |
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| 4 × 8.7 cm row length / 24 | ||
| from 1892: | 6 × 8.8 cm SK-L / 30 (600 rounds, 69 hm) |
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| Revolver cannons : | 4 x 3.7cm L / 22.8 | |
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Torpedo tubes Ø 35 cm: |
2 sides on deck 1 bow under water |
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SMS Pfeil was an Aviso , later classified as a small cruiser from 1899 , of the Imperial Navy and belonged to the Blitz class . The ship was built under the official draft of 1879.
At that time the tasks of an Aviso were seen in the management of larger torpedo boat formations and in the defense of such vehicles. Avisos should also act as a reconnaissance ship, just as (in times before the introduction of wireless telegraphy) act as dispatch boats or signal repeaters. They were also intended as a torpedo cruiser.
history
In contrast to its sister ship SMS Blitz, the Pfeil was not put into service for test voyages until November 1884, despite the same construction and launch times. This was followed by the usual annual commissioning and decommissioning for the training or maneuvering fleet until 1888 - but never in its original role as a guide boat for torpedo boat associations or torpedo cruisers. This year, on November 12th, on the occasion of the so-called Arab uprising in the just proclaimed colony of German East Africa, it was put back into service. The journey there was briefly interrupted when the ship had to call at Plymouth to repair storm damage . She only met with a delay on January 4, 1889 and was immediately assigned to the East African Squadron , consisting of SMS Leipzig , SMS Carola , SMS Olga , SMS Sophie and SMS Möwe , and called in to block the coast. She mainly carried out ship controls and occasionally intervened in the fighting on land with a landing corps. Since the ship was only partially suitable for use in the tropics - the health conditions were very exhausting for the stokers in the engine rooms due to insufficient ventilation - the Pfeil was detached on September 29, 1889 and released home. After arriving on December 6, the Aviso was decommissioned on December 13, 1889 in Wilhelmshaven . In April 1890 she was put back into service for normal fleet service and participated in the annual maneuvers until 1895. During this time, the conversion to modern rapid fire guns and the removal of the auxiliary sails took place in 1892. The ship ended its service as Aviso in 1897 and has been operating as a machine training ship ever since. Since 1900 the Pfeil was used as a fishing protection ship, occasionally interrupted by maneuvers in which she acted as an Aviso or a tender. On December 18, 1910, the Pfeil was reclassified as a special ship and served in the training squadron.
In 1905, the later SMS Emden was commissioned to replace the outdated Aviso at the Imperial Shipyard in Danzig .
Commanders
from 1909 to 1910 Lieutenant Captain Heinrich Löhlein (1871–1960)
Operations in the First World War
- At the beginning of the First World War, the Pfeil functioned as a tender for the II. and later for the IV. Squadron of the high seas fleet , at the same time it served in coastal protection with the port flotilla of the Elbe
- Retired from the security service on June 28, 1915 and transferred to the submarine school
- Service as a training ship at the submarine school until the end of the war
The arrow was - painted only on 16 February 1922 from the list of warships and scrapped in Wilhelmshaven - despite her advanced age of 36 years.
literature
- Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945. Volume 1. Armored ships, ships of the line, battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, gunboats. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe 1998, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8 .
- Hans H. Hildebrandt, Albert Röhr and Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships. Volume 5, Herford: Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1982, ISBN 3-7822-0236-8 .
- Robert Gardiner: Conway's All the world's fighting ships 1860-1905. London: Conway Maritime Press 1979, ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .
