SMS Salamander (1880)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Salamander |
| Namesake | SMS Salamander |
| Operator | Imperial German Navy |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down | September 1878 |
| Launched | 6 January 1880 |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1883 |
| Decommissioned | 22 September 1891 |
| Stricken | 28 June 1909 |
| Fate | Accidentally sank, 1910 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 46.4 m (152 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 3.2 to 3.4 m (10 ft 6 in to 11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 11.1 knots (20.6 km/h; 12.8 mph) |
| Range | 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 1 × 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun |
| Armor | |
SMS Salamander 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.