SMS Gazelle (1898)
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| Name: | Gazelle |
| Laid down: | 1897 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1898 |
| Commissioned: | October 1900 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gazelle class |
| Displacement: | 2916 tons |
| Length: | 104.4 m (343 ft) waterline; 105 m (344 ft) overall |
| Beam: | 12.2 m (40 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.19 m (17.0 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft triple expansion engines, 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
| Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h) |
| Complement: | 257 |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | 50 mm (2.0 in) deck |
SMS Gazelle was the lead ship of the Gazelle-class light cruiser in the Kaiserliche Marine.
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References
- Gardiner, Robert; Randal Gray, Przemyslaw Budzbon (1985). Conway's all the world's fighting ships, 1906-1921. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0870219073. http://books.google.com/books?id=V2r_TBjR2TYC.
- Osborne, Eric W. (2004). Cruisers and battle cruisers. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1851093699. http://books.google.com/books?id=PryqSiAk9y4C.
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