SMS Tiger
Tiger c. 1901
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 German Empire
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| Name: | SMS Tiger |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Laid down: | 1898 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1899 |
| Commissioned: | 3 April 1900 |
| Fate: | scuttled on 29 October 1914 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Iltis-class gunboat |
| Displacement: | 1,108 metric tons (1,091 long tons; 1,221 short tons) |
| Length: | 65.2 meters (214 ft) o/a |
| Beam: | 9.1 m (30 ft) |
| Draft: | 3.56 m (11.7 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 3-cylinder triple expansion engines |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range: | 2,580 nautical miles (4,780 km; 2,970 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
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SMS Tiger was the third 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 Luchs, SMS Eber, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther.
Tiger 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 horizontal triple-expansion steam engines each driving a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by four coal-fired Thornycroft boilers. Tiger could steam at a top speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) at 1,372 indicated horsepower (1,023 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.Tiger 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.
Tiger was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Shipyard) in Danzig in 1898. She was launched on 15 August 1899 and commissioned into the German fleet on 3 April 1900.
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