SMS Crocodill (1879)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Crocodill |
| Namesake | SMS Crocodill |
| Operator | Imperial German Navy |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Laid down | 1878 |
| Launched | 13 September 1879 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 1880 |
| Decommissioned | 24 September 1900 |
| Stricken | 18 March 1911 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wespe-class 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 | 11.2 knots (20.7 km/h; 12.9 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 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. Because Crocodill was a purely defensive vessel, she saw little active use, apart from brief stints in active service for sea trials in 1880, followed by training exercises in 1884 and then 1894–1895. During the latter period, she served as the flagship of the Wespe-class gunboats assigned to the Baltic Sea. Crocodill reprised the role in 1897 and again in 1900. The ship was struck from the naval register in 1911 and then used as a target ship until 1913, when she was converted into a floating workshop. Crocodill was broken up after 1918.