drawing of the SMS Adler by Rear Admiral L.A. Kimberly, U.S. Navy |
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| Name: | SMS Adler |
| Namesake: | Adler is German for "eagle" |
| Builder: | Imperial Shipyards, Kiel |
| Laid down: | 1882 |
| Launched: | 3 November 1883 |
| Commissioned: | 21 May 1884 |
| In service: | 1884-1889 |
| Fate: | wrecked 1889 |
| Notes: | commander: Frigattenkapitän Frizze |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hawk class |
| Displacement: | 880-1040 Tons |
| Length: | 61.8 meters |
| Beam: | 8.8 meters |
| Draught: | 3.11-4.02 meters |
| Propulsion: | 4 cylinder, coal-fired, double expansion steam engine |
| Speed: | 11 knots |
| Complement: | 127-133 |
| Armament: | 5 12.5 cm ring cannon, 5 3.7 cm turret guns |
The SMS Adler was a gunboat of the German Imperial Navy. She was launched 3 November 1883 in the Imperial shipyard in Kiel. On September 5, 1888, she shelled Manono Island and Apolima, which were strongholds of Malietoa’s forces. She was wrecked 16 March 1889 in a storm at Apia, Samoa during the Samoan crisis.[1][2]
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