SMS Brummer (1884)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brummer |
| Operator | Imperial German Navy |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down | 1883 |
| Launched | 5 January 1884 |
| Commissioned | 10 October 1884 |
| Decommissioned | 27 March 1907 |
| Stricken | 27 May 1907 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Brummer-class gunboat |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 64.8 m (212 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 2.68 to 4.77 m (8 ft 10 in to 15 ft 8 in) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h; 16.2 mph) |
| Range | 1,370 nautical miles (2,540 km; 1,580 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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SMS Brummer was the lead ship of the Brummer class of armored gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the 1880s. The ship was ordered to serve in Germany's coastal defense system alongside the Sachsen-class ironclads and Wespe-class gunboats. They were significantly less well armed and protected compared to the Wespes, but they were lighter and faster vessels. Brummer's primary armament was a single 21 cm (8.3 in) gun carried in her bow, and she had a top speed of about 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).
Brummer served in a variety of roles during her career. In her first years in service, she served as a flagship for a division of torpedo boats, and she took part in fleet training exercises in that role. After a lengthy period in reserve, she joined the gunnery training school in 1892, both as a tender and a training ship for light automatic weapons. During this period, she also served as a fisheries protection vessel. Decommissioned for the last time in March 1907, she was struck from the naval register in May and thereafter converted into a hulk for various purposes. Brummer was eventually sold for scrap in 1921 and broken up the next year.