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Greif 1890

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Greif		26	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1885	29.7.1886	9.7.1887	special service vessel 6.1911, hulk 10.1912

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2050
Displacement full, t	2266
Length, m	102.6 oa 99.5 wl
Breadth, m	9.75
Draught, m	4.22 mean 4.34 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HC, 6 cylindrical double-ended boilers
Power, h. p.	5400
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	coal 350
Endurance, nm(kts)	2180(12)
Armament	2 x 1 - 105/32 RK L/35 C/86, 10 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30
Complement	170

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Project history

The Greif, a larger version of the Blitz design but without the torpedo armament, represents a further step in the evolution of the light cruiser. With her ram bow, three funnels and low silhouette she bears a distinct resemblance to much later vessels. However she does not seem to have been successful in service as she was given little employment.

Modernizations

1891: - 4 x 5 - 37/17; + 8 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89

1906: reboilered with 8 cylindrical boilers (5795hp, 19kts, 436t of coal, 3960(10)nm); - 8 x 1 - 88/27, 2 x 5 - 37/17; + 6 x 1 - 88/32 SK L/35 C/01

Naval service

After service as a mine hulk she was scrapped b 1921.