SMS Blitz
Blitz in port, c. 1895
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 German Empire
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| Name: | SMS Blitz |
| Builder: | Norddeutsche Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Kiel |
| Laid down: | 1881 |
| Launched: | 26 August 1882 |
| Commissioned: | 28 March 1883 |
| Struck: | 8 March 1921 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1921 |
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| Class and type: | Blitz-class aviso |
| Displacement: | 1,486 metric tons (1,463 long tons) |
| Length: | 78.43 m (257 ft 4 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 9.90 m (32 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.22 m (13 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 2-cylinder double expansion engines, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 15.7 knots (29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph) |
| Range: | 2,440 nmi (4,520 km; 2,810 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
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SMS Blitz was an aviso of the Imperial German Navy, the lead ship of her class. She had one sister ship, SMS Pfeil. Blitz was built at the Norddeutsche Schiffbau-Gesellschaft dockyard; she was laid down in 1881, was launched in August 1882, and was commissioned in March 1883. The ship's career was uneventful; she served as a flotilla leader for torpedo boats until 1900. In 1903, she became a fleet tender. She was briefly mobilized at the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, but she returned to fleet tender duties in 1915, where she remained for the duration of the conflict. She was stricken from the naval register in March 1921 and was broken up for scrap later that year.
Blitz was 78.43 meters (257 ft 4 in) long overall and had a beam of 9.90 m (32 ft 6 in) and a maximum draft of 4.07 m (13 ft 4 in) forward. She displaced 1,486 tonnes (1,463 long tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two horizontal 2-cylinder double expansion engines. Steam for the engines was provided by eight coal-fired locomotive boilers. The ship's propulsion system provided a top speed of 15.7 knots (29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph) and a range of approximately 2,440 nautical miles (4,520 km; 2,810 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph). Blitz had a crew of 7 officers and 127 enlisted men.
As built, the ship was armed with one 12.5 cm (4.9 in) K L/23 gun placed in a pivot mount. The gun was supplied with 100 rounds of ammunition. The ship was also equipped with four 8.7 cm K L/23 guns in single mounts and one 35 cm (14 in) torpedo tube mounted in the bow. In 1891–1892, the ship was rearmed with six 8.8 cm SK L/30 guns in single mounts and three 35 cm torpedo tubes, one in the bow and one on each broadside, all submerged in the hull.
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