SMS Luchs

Luchs c. 1900
History
General characteristics
Class and type:	Iltis-class gunboat

SMS Luchs was the fourth member of the Iltis class of gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Other ships of the class are SMS Iltis, SMS Tiger, SMS Eber, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther.

Luchs was 65.2 meters (214 ft) long overall and had a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft) and a draft of 3.56 m (11.7 ft) forward. She displaced 1,108 metric tons (1,091 long tons; 1,221 short tons) at full load. Her propulsion system consisted of a pair of vertical triple-expansion steam engines each driving a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by four coal-fired Thornycroft boilers. Luchs could steam at a top speed of 13.9 knots (25.7 km/h; 16.0 mph) at 1,345 indicated horsepower (1,003 kW). The ship had a cruising radius of about 2,580 nautical miles (4,780 km; 2,970 mi) at a speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph). She had a crew of between 9 officers and 121 enlisted men.Luchs was armed with a main battery of two 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 guns, with 482 rounds of ammunition. She also carried six machine guns.

Luchs was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Shipyard) in Danzig in 1898. She was launched on 18 October 1899 and commissioned into the German fleet on 15 May 1900. She was initially assigned to the American Station, along with the protected cruiser Vineta and the unprotected cruiser Geier.

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