SMS Crocodill (1879)

Crocodill's sister ship Natter in Kiel
History
NameCrocodill
NamesakeSMS Crocodill
OperatorImperial German Navy
BuilderAG Weser, Bremen
Laid down1878
Launched13 September 1879
Commissioned20 September 1880
Decommissioned24 September 1900
Stricken18 March 1911
FateBroken up, 1918
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement
Length46.4 m (152 ft 3 in)
Beam10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draft3.2 to 3.4 m (10 ft 6 in to 11 ft 2 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed11.2 knots (20.7 km/h; 12.9 mph)
Range700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement
  • 3 officers
  • 73–85 enlisted
Armament1 × 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun
Armor
  • Belt: 102 to 203 mm (4 to 8 in)
  • Barbette: 203 mm (8 in)
  • Deck: 44 mm (1.7 in)

SMS Crocodill was an ironclad gunboat of the Wespe class built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ships, which were armed with a single 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun, were intended to serve as part of a coastal defense fleet.