SMS Albatros |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Operators: | Kaiserliche Marine |
| Succeeded by: | Brummer class |
| Built: | 1905 to 1907 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Nautilus class |
| Displacement: | 2208t designed 2506t full load |
| Length: | 315ft 7in (96.2m) waterline 331ft (100.9m) overall |
| Beam: | 36ft 9in (11.2m) |
| Draught: | 14ft 5in (4.4m) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft VTE, 4 Navy boilers, 6,600ihp |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Complement: | 201 to 208 |
| Armament: | eight 3.45in (8.8cm) SKL/45 guns 200 mines |
The Nautilus class was a pair of light cruisers designed for minelaying operations. Nautilus was laid down in 1905 and completed by 1907, and Albatross was laid down in 1907, and completed the same year. Both ships were built by the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen.
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The Nautilus class ships were equipped with eight 3.45 in (8.8 cm) SK L/45 guns.[Note 1] The guns fired 22lb shells at a muzzle velocity of 2133 feet per second. The guns could elevate to 25 degrees, for a maximum range of 10,500 yards.[1] The ships also carried 200 mines.
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