German light cruiser SMS Gazelle (ex-'G') 1897-1920

Of the Gazelle-class consisting of the Gazelle, Niobe, Nymphe, Thetism Araidne, Amazone, Medusa, Frauenlob, Ancona and Undine. Preceded by the Hella and succeeded by the Bremen-class. Builder ordered under the contract name ‘G‘, laid down at the Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany in 1897, launched on 31 March 1898, commissioned on 15 June 1901, heavily damaged by Russian mines north of Cape Arkoma in the night of 25-26 January 1916, not worth to be repaired and hulked in 1916, served since then as a hulk for minelayers at Danzig, Cuxhaven and since 1918 at Wilhelmshaven, stricken on 28 August 1920 and the same year broken up at Wilhelmshaven.

Displacement 2.963 tons and as dimensions 105 (over all) x 12,2 x 4,84 metres or 344.5 x 40.0 x 15.9 feet. The 2 AG_Germania triple expansion steam engines with 8 Niclausse coal-fuelled boilers supplied via 2 shafts 6.000 ihp allowing a speed of 19,5 knots and with a speed of 10 knots and a coal bunker capacity of 500 tons a range of 3.570 nautical miles. Her crew numbered 257 men (included) 14 officers. The armour consisted of a 2-2,5cm/0.79-0.98” thick deck with the conning tower protected by 8cm/3.1“ (sides). The armament consisted of 10x1-10,5cm/4.1” L/40 quick firing guns and 3-45cm/17.7” torpedo tubes (1 submerged in the bow, and 2 deck launchers), for which 8 torpedoes were taken with her).