SMS Adler

Drawing of SMS Adler by Rear Admiral L.A. Kimberly, U.S. Navy
Career
Name: SMS Adler
Namesake: German word for "eagle"
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
Cost: 881,000 German gold mark
Laid down: 1882
Launched: 3 November 1883
Commissioned: 27 May 1884
In service: 1884-1889
Fate: 16 March 1889 stranded off Samoa, 20 dead
Notes: commander: Fregattenkapitän Frizze
General characteristics
Class and type:Habicht Klasse (Hawk class)
Displacement:880 metric tons (870 long tons; 970 short tons)/1,040 metric tons (1,020 long tons; 1,150 short tons)
Length:61.8 m (202 ft 9 in) o/a
Beam:8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Draught:3.11 m (10 ft 2 in)-4.02 m (13 ft 2 in) (bow-stern)
Propulsion:4 cylinder, coal-fired, double expansion steam engine
Speed:11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range:2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) @ 9 kn
Complement:7 officers, 126 men
Armament:5 × 12.5 cm (4.9 in) built-up guns
5 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) revolver guns

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 together with SMS Eber on 16 March 1889 in a storm at Apia, Samoa during the Samoan crisis.[1][2] 20 crew members lost their lives.

Propulsion

Armament

References

  1. ↑ "Six War Vessels Sunk; Wrecked in a Hurricane at Samoa" (PDF). New York Times. 30 March 1889.
  2. ↑ http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/germany/gersh-a/adler.htm

See also

Coordinates: 13°49′36″S 171°45′53″W / 13.8266°S 171.7647°W