SMS Loreley (1885)
SMS Loreley was a vessel of the Imperial German Navy which primarily served in the Mediterranean Sea. Originally built as a steam yacht in 1885, the vessel was purchased by Germany in 1896 and was generally stationed at Constantinople, where she was used for diplomatic purposes. Following the end of the First World War, Loreley was sold to a private owner in Turkey, eventually being lost during a voyage in the Black Sea in 1926.
Loreley in 1896 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators | Imperial German Navy |
| Completed | 1 |
| Retired | 1 |
| History | |
| Name | Loreley |
| Namesake | Lorelei |
| Builder | D. and W. Henderson and Company, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 90061 |
| Launched | 1 June 1885 |
| Commissioned | 6 August 1896 |
| Decommissioned | 2 November 1918 |
| Fate | Transferred to private ownership; lost in the Black Sea, January 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Steam yacht |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 4.58 m (15 ft 0 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 1 × four-blade propellor |
| Speed | 11.9 kn (22.0 km/h; 13.7 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 2 × 5 cm SK L/40 gun |
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