SMS Amazone (1900)
SMS Amazon
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| Name: | Amazone |
| Laid down: | 1899 |
| Launched: | 6 October 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 15 November 1901 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1931 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1954 |
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| Class and type: | Gazelle-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,082 tonnes (3,033 long tons) |
| Length: | 104.80 m (343 ft 10 in) overall |
| Beam: | 12.20 m (40 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.12 m (16 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power: | 8,000 PS (7,890 ihp; 5,880 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
| Range: | 3,560 nmi (6,590 km; 4,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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| Armor: | Deck: 20 to 25 mm (0.79 to 0.98 in) |
SMS Amazone was the sixth member of the ten-ship Gazelle class, built by the Imperial German Navy. She was built by the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel, laid down in 1899, launched in October 1900, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in November 1901. Armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, Amazone was capable of a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph).
Amazone served in the reconnaissance forces of the High Seas Fleet during her peacetime career. After the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, she was deployed as a coastal defense ship. In 1916, she was disarmed and used as a training ship, and was converted into a barracks ship in 1917. She was retained by the Reichsmarine after the end of the war and served on active duty with the new German Navy through the 1920s. She was reduced to secondary duties after 1931, and remained in service as a barracks ship into the 1950s; Amazone was ultimately broken up for scrap in 1954.
Amazone was 104.80 meters (343 ft 10 in) long overall and had a beam of 12.20 m (40 ft) and a draft of 5.12 m (16 ft 10 in) forward. She displaced 3,082 t (3,033 long tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple-expansion engines. They were designed to give 8,000 metric horsepower (7,891 shp; 5,884 kW), for a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph). The engines were powered by ten coal-fired Marine-type water-tube boilers. Amazone carried 560 tonnes (550 long tons; 620 short tons) of coal, which gave her a range of 3,560 nautical miles (6,590 km; 4,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). She had a crew of 14 officers and 243 enlisted men.
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