SMS Ägir
Lithograph of Ägir in 1899 | |
| History | |
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| German Empire | |
| Name | SMS Ägir |
| Namesake | Ægir |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel |
| Laid down | 28 November 1892 |
| Launched | 3 April 1895 |
| Commissioned | 15 October 1896 |
| Decommissioned | 14 January 1916 |
| Stricken | 17 June 1919 |
| Fate | Beached at Gotland, 8 December 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Odin-class coastal defense ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 79 m (259 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 15.20 m (49 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 5.61 m (18 ft 5 in) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 2,200 nmi (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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SMS Ägir was the second and final member of the Odin class of coastal defense ships (Küstenpanzerschiffe) built for the Imperial German Navy. She had one sister ship, Odin. Ägir was named for the norse god, and was built by the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Shipyard) in Danzig between 1893 and 1896. She was armed with a main battery of three 24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns. She served in the German fleet throughout the 1890s and was rebuilt in 1901–1903. She served in the VI Battle Squadron after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, but saw no action. Ägir was demobilized in 1915 and used as a tender thereafter. After the war, she was rebuilt as a merchant ship and served in this capacity until December 1929, when she was wrecked on the island of Gotland.