Nautilus-class minelayer | |
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![]() Stranded SMS Albatross | |
Class overview | |
Builders: | AG Weser, Bremen |
Operators: |
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Succeeded by: | Brummer class |
Built: | 1905 to 1907 |
Completed: | 2 |
Lost: | 1 |
Retired: | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Nautilus class |
Displacement: |
2208t designed 2506t full load |
Length: |
315 ft 7 in (96.19 m) waterline 331 ft (101 m) overall |
Beam: | 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m) |
Draught: | 14 ft 5 in (4.39 m) |
Propulsion: | 2-shaft VTE, 4 Navy boilers, 6,600ihp |
Speed: | 20 knots |
Complement: | 201 to 208 |
Armament: |
eight 3.45in (8.8cm) SKL/45 guns 200 mines |
The Nautilus class was a pair of light cruisers designed for minelaying operations. Nautilus was laid down in 1905 and completed by 1907, and SMS Albatross was laid down in 1907, and completed the same year. Both ships were built by the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen.
Design[]
The Nautilus class ships were equipped with eight 3.45 in (8.8 cm) SK L/45 guns.[Note 1] The guns fired 22 lb shells at a muzzle velocity of 2133 feet per second. The guns could elevate to 25 degrees, for a maximum range of 10,500 yards.[1] The ships also carried 200 mines.
See also[]
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Notes[]
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Gardiner and Gray (1984), p. 140
References[]
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906-1922. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
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