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Blitz 1890

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Blitz   1 Norddeutsche SB, Kiel 1881 26.8.1882 28.3.1883 tender 1903, special service vessel 1911 - 1914, tender 1915 - 1919, discarded 3.1921
Pfeil   6 Wilhelmshaven KW 1881 16.9.1882 25.11.1884 tender, fishery protection 1894 - 1899, tender 1904, special service vessel 1911, discarded 2.1922


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1381

Displacement full, t

1486

Length, m

78.4 oa 75.3 wl

Breadth, m

9.90

Draught, m

4.07 mean 4.40 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Blitz: 2 HC, 8 locomotive boilers

Pfeil: 2 HC, 8 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

2700

Max speed, kts

15.6

Fuel, t

coal 220

Endurance, nm(kts)

2440(9)

Armament

1 x 1 - 125/21 RK L/23 C/78, 4 x 1 - 87/22 RK L/24 C/82, 4 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 - 350 TT (bow, 3)

Complement

134



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<i>Blitz</i> 1890
Blitz 1890


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<i>Blitz </i>1890
Blitz 1890


Project history

The design of these vessels dates from 1879, and they were the first true torpedo cruisers, having a respectable gun armament (unlike the Zieten), and so were the ancestors of the light cruiser. Their main purpose in war would be scouting. They were built of steel, and had ram bows. Both were schooner-rigged till early 1890s.

Modernizations

1890, Blitz: was reboilered with 8 cylindrical boilers; new armament consisted of 6 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 2 x 1 - 350 TT, 1 - 350 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes totally)

1890, Pfeil: new armament consisted of 6 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 2 x 1 - 350 TT, 1 - 350 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes totally)

Naval service

Blitz was used as a flotilla leader for TBs until 1900; Pfeil was used briefly for fishery protection. Both continued in service as tenders, with their TTs long gone, until the end of the 1914-18.