SMS Vineta (1897)
Vineta in 1902
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Vineta |
| Namesake: | Vineta |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig |
| Laid down: | 1895 |
| Launched: | 9 December 1897 |
| Commissioned: | 13 September 1899 |
| Struck: | 6 December 1919 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1920 |
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| Class and type: | Victoria Louise-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | Full load: 6,491 t (6,388 long tons) |
| Length: | 110.60 m (362 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 6.58 m (21 ft 7 in) |
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| Speed: | 19.6 knots (36 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range: | 3,412 nmi (6,319 km; 3,926 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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SMS Vineta was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the 1890s. Vineta was laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in 1895, launched in April 1897, and commissioned into the Navy in July 1898. The ship, named for the semi-legendary medieval town of Vineta, was armed with a battery of two 21 cm guns and eight 15 cm guns and had a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).
Vineta served abroad in the American Station for the first several years of her career. While on station in the Americas, she participated in the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903 and bombarded several Venezuelan fortresses. She returned to Germany in 1905 and was used as a torpedo training ship in 1908. She was modernized in 1909–1911, after which she was used as a school ship for naval cadets. In November 1912, she participated in an international naval protest of the First Balkan War. At the outbreak of World War I, Vineta was mobilized into the 5th Scouting Group, but served in front-line duty only briefly. She was used as a barracks ship after 1915, and ultimately sold for scrapping in 1920.
Vineta was ordered under the contract name "M" and was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig in 1896. She was launched on 9 December 1897, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the German navy on 13 September 1899. The ship was 110.60 meters (362 ft 10 in) long overall and had a beam of 17.40 m (57 ft 1 in) and a draft of 6.58 m (21 ft 7 in) forward. She displaced 6,491 t (6,388 long tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of three vertical 4-cylinder triple expansion engines powered by twelve coal-fired Belleville boilers. Her engines provided a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) and a range of approximately 3,412 nautical miles (6,319 km; 3,926 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). She had a crew of 31 officers and 446 enlisted men.
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