| SMS Adler | |
|---|---|
 drawing of the SMS Adler by Rear Admiral L.A. Kimberly, U.S. Navy | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | SMS Adler |
| Namesake: | German word for "eagle" |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Kiel |
| Cost: | 881,000 German gold mark |
| Laid down: | 1882 |
| Launched: | 3 November 1883 |
| Commissioned: | 27 May 1884 |
| In service: | 1884-1889 |
| Fate: | 16 March 1889 stranded off Samoa, 20 dead |
| Notes: | commander: Fregattenkapitän Frizze |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Habicht Klasse (Hawk class) |
| Displacement: | 880 metric tons (870 long tons; 970 short tons)/1,040 metric tons (1,020 long tons; 1,150 short tons) |
| Length: | 61.8 m (202 ft 9 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 3.11 m (10 ft 2 in)-4.02 m (13 ft 2 in) (bow-stern) |
| Propulsion: | 4 cylinder, coal-fired, double expansion steam engine |
| Speed: | 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) @ 9 kn |
| Complement: | 7 officers, 126 men |
| Armament: |
5 × 12.5 cm (4.9 in) built-up guns 5 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) revolver guns |
The SMS Adler was a gunboat of the German Imperial Navy. She was launched 3 November 1883 in the Imperial shipyard in Kiel. On September 5, 1888, she shelled Manono Island and Apolima, which were strongholds of Malietoa’s forces. She was wrecked together with SMS Eber on 16 March 1889 in a storm at Apia, Samoa during the Samoan crisis.[1][2] 20 crew members lost their lives.
Propulsion[]
- 4-cylinder double-expansion steam engine
- Coal-fired boilers
- Speed: 11.0 knots
Armament[]
- 5 × 12.5 cm (4.9 in) built-up guns
- 5 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) revolver guns
Wreck of the SMS Adler
the wrecked ship
Rigging
the wreck about 1938
References[]
- Erich Gröner, Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote = Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 Vol.I, Bernard & Graefe, 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8, pp. 166–7
See also[]
- 1889 Apia cyclone
Coordinates: 13°49′36″S 171°45′53″W / 13.8266°S 171.7647°W
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