SMS Greif (1914)
SMS Greif was a German cargo steamship that was converted into a merchant raider for the Imperial German Navy.
HMS Alcantara (left) and SMS Greif (right) dueling at close range during the action of 29 February 1916. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Name | Greif |
| Builder | Neptun Werft, Rostock |
| Launched | 1914 |
| Acquired | 1915 |
| Commissioned | 23 January 1916 |
| Fate | Sunk 29 February 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 9,900 tons normal |
| Length | 131.7 m (432 ft) |
| Beam | 16.4 m (54 ft) |
| Draught | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
| Propulsion | Two coal-fired boilers, one 3,000 shaft horsepower (12 MW) 3-cylinder triple expansion reciprocating steam engine driving one propeller |
| Speed | 13 knots (24.1 km/h) |
| Range | 35,000 nautical miles (65,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 10 officers & 297 men |
| Armament | Four 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/40 guns (4 × 1) with 600 rounds ammunition, one 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 rapid-fire gun with 200 rounds ammunition, and two 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes with 12 torpedoes |
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