Möwe 1899
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Möwe | 143 | Schichau, Elbing | 1878 | 8.10.1879 | 5.1880 | hulk 12.1905 | |
| Habicht | 144 | Schichau, Elbing | 1878 | 13.5.1879 | 3.1880 | stricken 3.1906 | |
| Adler | 7 | KW Kiel | 1882 | 3.11.1883 | 5.1884 | wrecked 16.3.1889 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Habicht, Möwe: 840 Adler: 880 |
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Displacement full, t |
Habicht, Möwe: 1005 Adler: 1040 |
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Length, m |
Habicht, Möwe: 59.2 oa 53.8 wl Adler: 61.8 oa 58.1 wl |
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Breadth, m |
Habicht, Möwe: 8.90 Adler: 8.80 |
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Draught, m |
Habicht, Möwe: 4.18 Adler: 4.02 |
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No of shafts |
1, hoisting screw |
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Machinery |
Habicht, Möwe: 1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers Adler: 1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Habicht, Möwe: 600 Adler: 700 |
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Max speed, kts |
11 |
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Fuel, t |
Habicht, Möwe: coal 100 Adler: coal 110 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
Habicht, Möwe: 2010(9) Adler: 2000(9) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 149/20 RK L/22 C/68, 4 x 1 - 120/21 RK L/23 C/69 |
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Complement |
127 - 133 |
Project history: Iron-hulled, barquentine-rigged colonial gunboats, considered very good under sail and as seaboats.
Modernizations: 1882, all: - 1 x 1 - 149/20, 4 x 1 - 120/21; + 5 x 1 - 125/21 RK L/23 C/78, 5 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30
1890, Möwe: - 3 x 1 - 125/21
Naval service: Möwe remained as a hulk at Tsingtau until sold in 1910. Adler was lost in Apia harbour during the Calliope typhoon 16.3.1889.
Möwe 1895
© Ivan Gogin, 2014