Gefion 1893
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Gefion | 486 | Schichau, Danzig | 1892 | 31.5.1893 | 27.6.1894 | barrack ship 1916 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
3746 |
|
Displacement full, t |
4275 |
|
Length, m |
110.4 oa 109.2 wl |
|
Breadth, m |
13.2 |
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Draught, m |
6.27 mean 6.47 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 6 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
9000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 860 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3500(12) |
| Armour, mm | steel; deck: 30 with 25mm slopes, glacis: 100, CT: 30 |
|
Armament |
10 x 1 - 105/32 SK L/35 C/91, 6 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92, 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
212 |
Project history: Though she resembles later German light cruisers, this three funnelled cruiser stands rather by herself as a separate development. She was originally designed for 15cm guns, but the smaller 105mm weapons were fitted instead. She was lightly built, though she did have a protective deck. She was wood-sheathed, and served for a while abroad.
Ship protection: There was protective deck with 30mm flat and 25mm slopes, engine glacis had 100mm armour on 180mm wooden backing. CT had 30mm sides.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In 1916 she was reduced to an accommodation ship, but after the war was rebuilt as the merchantman Adolf Sommerfeld. She was however broken up in I923, so the conversion was hardly a success, and can be explained only by the shortage of shipping immediately after the war.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014