Panther 1886
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Panther | 480 | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 29.10.1884 | 13.6.1885 | 31.12.1885 | TS 1917, accommodation ship 1918 | |
| Leopard | 481 | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 1/1885 | 10.9.1885 | 31.3.1886 | accommodation ship 5.1914 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1557 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
73.2 oa 71.4 wl |
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Breadth, m |
10.4 |
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Draught, m |
4.28 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VC, 6 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Panther: 5940 Leopard: 6380 |
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Max speed, kts |
Panther: 18.4 Leopard: 18.7 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 200 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2800(10) |
| Armour, mm | steel; deck: 12 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/31 G. L/35 C.87, 4 x 1 - 47/40 SFK L/44 H, 6 x 5 - 47/22 SFK L/25 H, 4 - 350 TT (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern) |
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Complement |
186 |
Project history: These two small cruisers (officially called torpedo ram cruisers) were ordered in England to gain experience in modern shipbuilding techniques. They, and their enlarged successor Tiger, were obsolete by the beginning of the First World War and their main armament was removed in 1909/10.
Ship protection: Steel deck had 12mm thickness.
Modernizations: 1909, Panther: was armed with 4 x 1 - 66/40 SFK L/42
10/1910, Leopard: was armed with 10 x 1 - 47/40 SFK L/44 H
Naval service: Panther was attached in 1917 lo the submarine commanders' school at Cattaro as a seagoing training ship. Leopard was decommissioned 15.5.1914 and used as harbour defence ship at Pola. Both were allocated as war reparation to Great Britain, but sold to Italy and scrapped there in 1920.
Panther 1895
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014