SMS Gazelle
1902 lithograph of Gazelle
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Gazelle |
| Laid down: | 1897 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 15 June 1901 |
| Out of service: | Hulked, 1916 |
| Struck: | 28 August 1920 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gazelle-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 2,963 tonnes (2,916 long tons) |
| Length: | 105 m (344.5 ft) overall |
| Beam: | 12.2 m (40.0 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.84 m (15.9 ft) |
| Installed power: | 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Range: | 3,570 nmi (6,610 km; 4,110 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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| Armor: | Deck: 20 to 25 mm (0.79 to 0.98 in) |
SMS Gazelle was the lead ship of the ten-vessel light cruiser Gazelle class, built by the Imperial German Navy. She was built by the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, laid down in 1897, launched in March 1898, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in June 1901. Armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, Gazelle was capable of a top speed of 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph).
Initially assigned to overseas service, Gazelle participated in the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03. She returned to German waters in 1904, and served with the fleet until 1914. She was employed as a coastal defense ship after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914. She served in this role until the night of 25–26 January 1916, when she struck a mine off Cape Arkona. The Navy deemed Gazelle not worth repairing and reduced her to a mine storage hulk, a role she retained through the end of the war. In August 1920, she was stricken from the naval register and sold for scrap.
Gazelle was ordered under the contract name "G" and was laid down at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel in 1897. She was launched on 31 March 1898, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 15 June 1901.Gazelle was 105 meters (344 ft) long overall and had a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft) and a draft of 4.84 m (15.9 ft) forward. She displaced 2,963 t (2,916 long tons; 3,266 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple-expansion engines manufactured by AG-Germania. They were designed to give 6,000 shaft horsepower (4,500 kW), for a top speed of 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph). The engines were powered by eight coal-fired Niclausse boilers. Gazelle carried 500 tonnes (490 long tons) of coal, which gave her a range of 3,570 nautical miles (6,610 km; 4,110 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). She had a crew of 14 officers and 243 enlisted men.
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