Launched by F. Schichau, Elbing, Germany with yard number 382 on 20 October 1888, commissioned on 17 April 1889, became flagship of a torpedo boat flotilla, served as fishery protection vessel in 1905-1906, modified and flagship of a submarine flotilla 1910, submarine training vessel since 1916, added to a minesweeper flotilla in 1919, stricken on 7 December 1920 was she scrapped at Hamburg, Germany in 1921. Displacement 300 (design)-406 (maximum) tons and as dimensions 59.58 (over all) x 7.40 x 2.18 (forward)-3.50 (aft) metres. One vertical triple expansion steam 3.200 ihp (design)/251 rpm engine, maximum speed 22.6 knots and with 98 ton coal bunker capacity a range with a speed of 14 knots 2.310 nautical miles respectively 18/1.060. Armament consisted of 6-3.7cm machine guns (after 1893 replaced by 3-5cm 40 cal torpedo guns) and 3-45cm torpedo tubes (2 deck mounted, 1 submerged in the bow).
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