SMS Tiger (1887)
Tiger shortly after completion
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| Name: | SMS Tiger |
| Builder: | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste |
| Laid down: | 5 October 1886 |
| Launched: | 26 June 1887 |
| Completed: | March 1888 |
| Renamed: | Lacroma, 1906 |
| Fate: | Broken up in Italy, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Torpedo cruiser |
| Displacement: | 1,657 t (1,631 long tons) |
| Length: | 76.02 m (249 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 10.55 m (34 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power: | 5,700 ihp (4,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 compound expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 188 |
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SMS Tiger was a so-called "torpedo ram cruiser" (Torpedo-Rammkreuzer) of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. An enlarged and improved version of Panther and Leopard she was part of a program to build up Austria-Hungary's fleet of torpedo craft in the 1880s. In 1906 she was converted to an admiralty yacht and renamed SMS Lacroma.
The Austro-Hungarian Navy Commander (Marinekommandant), Vice Admiral Maximilian Daublebsky von Sterneck, outlined in a memorandum of 8 September 1884 the requirements for a torpedo ram cruiser. Such a vessel should have a reinforced bow for ramming as well as torpedoes for attacks on larger warships. The cruisers would also be small and fast enough to undertake patrol and reconnaissance duties. The first two ships of Sterneck's program, the Panther class, provided the basis for a third ship, Tiger, which was a slightly enlarged version of the earlier ships.
Tiger was 74.16 meters (243 ft 4 in) long at the waterline and 76.02 m (249 ft 5 in) long overall. She had a beam of 10.55 m (34 ft 7 in) and a draft of 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) on a displacement of 1,657 to 1,680 t (1,631 to 1,653 long tons; 1,827 to 1,852 short tons). Her crew numbered 188 officers and men, though this later decreased to 177. The ship's propulsion system consisted of a pair of two-cylinder compound steam engines. The engines were rated at 5,700 indicated horsepower (4,300 kW) for a top speed of 18.56 knots (34.37 km/h; 21.36 mph).
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