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Wacht-class aviso
Class overview
Operators: War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918 Kaiserliche Marine
Completed: 2
Retired: 1
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,499 metric tons (1,475 long tons; 1,652 short tons)
Length: 85.8 m (281 ft 6 in) o/a
Beam: 9.66 m (31 ft 8 in)
Draft: 3.74 m (12 ft 3 in)
Propulsion: 2 × 3-cylinder double expansion engines, 2 shafts
Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range: 2,440 nmi (4,520 km; 2,810 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement:
  • 7 officers
  • 134 enlisted men
Armament:
  • 3 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) K L/35 guns
  • 3 × 35 cm (14 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:

The Wacht class was a pair of two avisos built by the Imperial German Navy in the late-1880s; the class comprised two ships, Wacht and Jagd.

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References[]

  • Gardiner, Robert, ed (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5. 
  • Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9. 



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