SMS Thetis (1900)
SMS Thetis at Dar es Salaam, German East Africa
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| Name: | Thetis |
| Namesake: | Thetis |
| Laid down: | 1899 |
| Launched: | 3 July 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 14 September 1901 |
| Struck: | 27 March 1929 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1930 |
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| Class and type: | Gazelle-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,017 tonnes (2,969 long tons) |
| Length: | 105.1 m (344.8 ft) overall |
| Beam: | 12.2 m (40.0 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.92 m (16.1 ft) |
| Installed power: | 8,000 ihp (6,000 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 Thetis was the fourth member of the ten-ship Gazelle class, built by the Imperial German Navy. She was built by the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig, laid down in 1899, launched in July 1900, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in September 1901. Armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, Thetis was capable of a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph).
Thetis 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 the Baltic, where she saw heavy service against the Russians. She supported the German drive on Libau in April–May 1915, and was damaged by mines during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga. She was repeatedly attacked by Allied submarines, though she was never hit. In 1917, Thetis was withdrawn from front-line service for use as a gunnery training ship. She survived the war and continued on in service with the Reichsmarine through the 1920s. She was stricken from the naval register on 29 March 1929 and broken up for scrap the following year.
Thetis was ordered under the contract name "C" and was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig in 1899 and launched on 3 July 1900, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 14 September 1901. The ship was 105.1 meters (345 ft) long overall and had a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft) and a draft of 4.92 m (16.1 ft) forward. She displaced 3,017 t (2,969 long tons; 3,326 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple-expansion engines manufactured by AG-Germania. They were designed to give 8,000 shaft horsepower (6,000 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. Thetis carried 560 tonnes (550 long 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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