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SMS Jagd
History
German Empire
NameSMS Jagd
BuilderAG Weser
Laid down1887
Launched7 July 1888
Commissioned25 June 1889
FateScrapped, 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement
Length85.8 m (281 ft 6 in) o/a
Beam9.66 m (31 ft 8 in)
Draft3.74 m (12 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range2,440 nmi (4,520 km; 2,810 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement
  • 7 officers
  • 134 enlisted men
Armament
  • 3 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) K L/35 guns
  • 3 × 35 cm (14 in) torpedo tubes
Armor

SMS Jagd was an aviso of the Imperial German Navy, the second and final member of the Template:Sclass-. She had one sister ship, Wacht. Jagd was laid down in 1887 at the AG Weser shipyard, launched in July 1888, and commissioned in June 1889. She served in the German fleet for the next fifteen years, until she was withdrawn from active duty in 1904. Thereafter, she was used as a harbor ship. In 1910, she was stricken from the naval register and hulked. She was later used as a torpedo training platform until 1920, when she was sold for scrapping.

Design

Main article: Wacht-class aviso
Jagd c. 1904

With the selection of General Leo von Caprivi to replace the former chief of the Kaiserliche Admiralität (Imperial Admiralty), Albrecht von Stosch, in 1883, the navy began to experiment more seriously with torpedo-armed warships along the lines of the Jeune École. Caprivi was a proponent of cheaper torpedo boats, and he directed that future avisos should forsake size and gun power in favor of higher speed and torpedo armament. The Wacht class was the first design prepared in accordance with Caprivi's directives, and it proved to be a failure, owing to poor seakeeping as a result of its smaller size, and a gun battery that was insufficient to allow them to engage comparable vessels in other fleets.[1][2]

Jagd was 85.5 meters (281 ft) long overall and had a beam of 9.66 m (31.7 ft) and a maximum draft of 3.74 m (12.3 ft) forward. She displaced 1,246 metric tons (1,226 long tons) as designed and up to 1,499 t (1,475 long tons) at full load. Her propulsion system consisted of two angled 3-cylinder triple expansion engines. Steam for the engines was provided by four coal-fired locomotive boilers. The ship's propulsion system was rated for 4,000 metric horsepower (3,900 ihp) and provided a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) and a range of approximately 2,860 nautical miles (5,300 km; 3,290 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Jagd had a crew of 7 officers and 134 enlisted men.[3]

As built, the ship was armed with three 10.5 cm (4.1 in) K L/35 gun placed in single pivot mounts. The guns were supplied with a total of 180 rounds of ammunition. Jagd also carried three 35 cm (14 in) torpedo tubes, one mounted submerged in the bow and the other two in deck-mounted launchers on the broadside. In 1891, four 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 guns in single mounts were added. The ship was the first German aviso to carry armor: a 10 mm (0.39 in) thick deck, along with 25 mm (0.98 in) of armor plating for the conning tower.[3]

Service history

Lithograph of Greif (left), Meteor (center), and Jagd (right) by Willy Stöwer

Jagd was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in 1887. She was launched on 7 July 1888, after which fitting-out work was completed. The finished ship was commissioned into the German fleet on 25 June 1889.[4] She served in the fleet starting in 1889.[5] Jagd served in the Training Squadron in 1891 as a torpedo boat flotilla leader, along with the avisos Blitz and Pfeil. During the annual summer exercises, the Training Squadron served as the hostile fleet, and conducted a mock attack on the harbor at Kiel.[6] In 1893, Jagd was assigned as the dispatch vessel for the II Division of the Maneuver Squadron.[7] During the 1896 annual maneuvers, Jagd was assigned to the I Division.[8]

She was transferred to the I Division in 1897, where she participated in the annual fleet exercises in August and September.[9] After the conclusion of the maneuvers, the Maneuver Squadron returned to its home port in Wilhelmshaven.[10] She served in the defending squadron during the August–September 1900 maneuvers.[11] In 1904, Jagd was withdrawn from active service and used as a harbor ship. Jagd was stricken from the naval register on 14 May 1910 and subsequently hulked. She was based in Friedrichsort outside Kiel and used as a firing platform for torpedo training until she was broken up for scrap in 1920 at Rüstringen.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Hildebrand, Röhr & Steinmetz Vol. 8, p. 60.
  2. ^ Sondhaus, pp. 158–159.
  3. ^ a b Gröner, pp. 95–96.
  4. ^ Gardiner, p. 257.
  5. ^ a b Gröner, p. 96.
  6. ^ Notes on the Year's Naval Progress, p. 257
  7. ^ Naval and Military Notes, p. 814
  8. ^ Knepper, p. 128
  9. ^ Garbett, p. 1182
  10. ^ Garbett, p. 1429
  11. ^ Notes on Naval Progress, 1901, p. 416

References

  • Garbett, H., ed. (December 1897). Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XLI. London: J. J. Keliher & Co. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
  • Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Vol. Vol. I: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert; Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe: Biographien: ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart (Band 4) [The German Warships: Biographies: A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present (Vol. 4)] (in German). Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7822-0382-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  • Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert; Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe: Biographien: ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart (Band 8) [The German Warships: Biographies: A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present (Vol. 8)] (in German). Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  • Knepper, Orlo S. (October 1901). "The Naval Maneuvers of 1900". Notes on Naval Progress. Washington, DC: Office of Naval Intelligence: 363–418.
  • "Naval and Military Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XXXVII (185). London: Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies: 811–823. July 1893. doi:10.1080/03071849309416563.
  • Notes on Naval Progress. Washington, DC: Office of Naval Intelligence. October 1896. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Notes on the Year's Naval Progress. Washington, DC: Office of Naval Intelligence. July 1892. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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