Hela 1899
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Hela | 108 | Weser, Bremen | 1893 | 28.3.1895 | 3.5.1896 | tender 1910, sunk 13.9.1914 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2027 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2082 |
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Length, m |
105.0 oa 104.6 wl |
|
Breadth, m |
11.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.46 mean 4.64 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 6 locomotive boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 340 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3000(12) |
| Armour, mm | steel; deck: 20 with 25mm slopes, glacis: 40, CT: 30 |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 6 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
178 |
Project history: With this enlarged version of the Jagd, the aviso was developing into a light cruiser. This 1893 design had a 25-20mm armoured deck and a very pronounced ram bow. She was considered a good seaboat, and served for two years abroad, as well as with the home fleet.
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: 1905: boilers were replaced by 8 Marine, funnel was replaced by two; - 2 x 1 - 88/27, 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + 2 - 450 TT (beam)
Naval service: From 1910 she was used as a fleet tender. In 1914 she was used for patrol duty, and was torpedoed by the British submarine E9 in the North Sea 13.9.1914.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014