SMS Sleipner
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SMS Sleipner (ex torpedo boat S 97 ) was a dispatch boat at the disposal of the German Emperor Wilhelm II. It was usually used together with the imperial yacht Hohenzollern . Due to their function such. B. the transport of state guests, the Sleipner was one of the most famous warships of the Imperial Navy .
The ship was named after the mythological eight-legged horse Sleipnir of the Germanic god Wotan .
use
The boat, slightly larger than its half-sisters S 90 to S 96 and S 98 to S 101 , was put into service on May 28, 1900 and renamed Sleipner three days later . Together with the gunboat Panther , Sleipner visited the Düsseldorf industrial and commercial exhibition in June 1902 .
The boat then served as a dispatch boat for the imperial yacht Hohenzollern until 1914 . For this purpose, it had been converted according to its purpose and, like the Hohenzollern, was given a white hull and a yellow chimney paint. The only armament was a 5.2 cm L / 55 rapid loading cannon from Krupp on the aft ship , but in the case of the Sleipner it was intended for salute shooting rather than combat. In February / March 1912 the boat was replaced by the torpedo boat G 175 due to maintenance and modification work , which was also renamed Sleipner at short notice . On November 21, 1910, Kaiser Wilhelm II reached Mürwik by dispatch boat . There he officially inaugurated the Mürwik Naval School .
During the First World War , the Sleipner was renamed T 97 on September 4, 1914 and was subsequently used in coastal protection. In 1917/18 she served in an outpost and escort flotilla. In the last months of the war, the T 97 was the guide boat of the 6th half flotilla in the 2nd escort flotilla.
The T 97 was taken over into the Reichsmarine , but decommissioned in 1921 and sold to Düsseldorf for demolition.
Meteorological research
The Sleipner was the opinion of meteorologists and geophysicists Hugo Hergesell (1859-1938) for the implementation of meteorological dragon climbs , in particular to promote scientific aeronautics, eminently suitable. The Sleipner's officers were made familiar with the necessary instruments and scientific investigation methods and the crew with the special features of a torpedo boat used as a research ship ("dragon ship") to explore the atmosphere on the high seas . On July 1, 1904, Hergesell carried out various kite soundings up to a height of 1880 meters above the Baltic Sea on board the torpedo boat together with the French naval officer Sauerwein, the adjutant of Prince Albert I of Monaco . In order to bring kites to great heights for the first time in complete calm, the Sleipner ran at full steam and at times reached a speed of 10 meters per second. The kite winch , with a turnable pulley for 3000 meters of cable, was located behind the salon . Further kite ascents were carried out during the “Nordlandfahrt” in 1904 by the ship's officers and with practical support from the crew: on July 21st in Strindfjord and Trondheimfjord and on August 1st near the island Runde .
Short film about the dispatch boat
In 1906 a German short film in black and white with the title SMS Sleipner im Sturm was shot. The silent film shows the rocking ship on a shaky sea and the action of the sailors.
Painting by Hans Bohrdt
The marine painter Hans Bohrdt (1857–1945) created a painting of the telegram boat in 1909. It shows the Sleipner and the small cruiser Hamburg in the wake of the Hohenzollern .
See also
- Dragon boat Gna of the Friedrichshafen dragon station
literature
- Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945 , Vol. 2: Torpedo boats, destroyers, speed boats, minesweepers, mine clearance boats , Koblenz 1983, p. 42ff. ISBN 3-7637-4801-6
Web links
- http://www.german-navy.de/hochseeflotte/ships/torpedoboats/gtb1898/ships.html
- SMS Sleipner at deutsche-schutzgebiete.de
- Wilhelm II and his entourage on SMS Sleipner in the Sognefjord (postcard)
- Postcard from the Sleipner's visit to Düsseldorf in 1902
- Video: Sleipner and "In Sleipner's Kielwasser" (after approx. 10 min. Of 16 min. Playing time), topic: German cinema and the First World War; Copyright: Federal Archives
Footnotes
- ^ Colored picture postcard Sleipner and gunboat Panther on the Rhine in front of the main building of the Düsseldorf exhibition in 1902, Verlag Friedrich Wolfrum, Düsseldorf, No. 145; Printing: Knackstädt & Näther, Hamburg - Schudi`s 45 collection.
- ↑ Die Welt : A School as a Scene of German History , October 31, 2010; accessed on February 2, 2016.
- ↑ The Dragon Ascent on board the SM torpedo boat “Sleipner”, summer 1904, organized on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor. From go. Government Councilor Prof. Dr. Hergesell, p. 119, as the fifth chapter in: The journey of the SMS "Planet" 1906/1907 , Volume 2: Aerology. 2010 edition; DNB portal.
- ↑ The airships: their past and their future ... . From HWL Moedebeck; Strasbourg 1906, p. 40; Reprint 2012; DNB portal.
- ^ Film portal: "Sleipner in the Storm" .
- ^ Postcard from Wohlgemuth & Lissner Kunstverlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin, based on an original by Prof. Hans Bohrdt with the artist's signature and date on the front and the number 876 on the back of the postcard. - Schudi's 45 collection.