SMS Bussard
SMS Bussard in Dar es Salaam
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Bussard |
| Laid down: | 1888 |
| Launched: | 23 January 1890 |
| Commissioned: | 7 October 1890 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1913 |
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| Class and type: | Bussard-class unprotected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 1,868 t (1,838 long tons; 2,059 short tons) |
| Length: | 82.6 m (271 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 3-cylinder triple expansion engines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,990 nmi (5,540 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h) |
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SMS Bussard ("His Majesty's Ship Bussard—Buzzard") was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in the 1880s. She was the lead ship of her class, which included five other vessels. The cruiser's keel was laid in 1888, and she was launched in January 1890 and commissioned in October of that year. Intended for overseas duty, Bussard was armed with a main battery of eight 10.5-centimeter (4.1 in) guns, and could steam at a speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph).
Bussard served abroad for the majority of her career, first in the East Asia Division in the mid-1890s, and in German East Africa for the first decade of the 20th century. She had a relatively peaceful career; her only major action came while stationed in Asia in 1894. There, she assisted in suppressing a local revolt in Samoa. In 1910, she returned to Germany, where she remained in service for only two more years; she was stricken in October 1912 and scrapped the following year in Hamburg.
Bussard was 82.6 meters (271 ft) long overall and had a beam of 12.5 m (41 ft) and a draft of 4.45 m (14.6 ft) forward. She displaced 1,868 t (1,838 long tons; 2,059 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two horizontal 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines powered by four coal-fired cylindrical boilers. These provided a top speed of 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) and a range of approximately 2,990 nautical miles (5,540 km; 3,440 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph). She had a crew of 9 officers and 152 enlisted men.
The ship was armed with eight 10.5 cm K L/35 guns in single pedestal mounts, supplied with 800 rounds of ammunition in total. They had a range of 8,200 m (26,900 ft). Two guns were placed side by side forward, two on each broadside in sponsons, and two side by side aft. The gun armament was rounded out by five revolver cannon. She was also equipped with two 35 cm (14 in) torpedo tubes with five torpedoes, both of which were mounted on the deck.
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