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Saturday, 22 July 2023

German torpedo aviso SMS Zieten 1875-1921

Source Bundesarchive RM 3/22928 French photo album 1900

Built ot be used as tender for torpedo boats and as test platform for self-propelled torpedoes later also used as fishery protection vessel. Laid down by Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London, England in 1875, launched on 9 March 1876, completed on 15 July 1876, commissioned on 1 August 1876, deommisssioned on 5 July 1919, stricken on 5 July 1919 and sold to be broken up at Wilhemshaven, Germany on 18 April 1921. 

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