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Möwe 1895  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Möwe		143	Schichau, Elbing	1878	8.10.1879	5.1880	hulk 12.1905
Habicht		144	Schichau, Elbing	1878	13.5.1879	3.1880	stricken 3.1906
Adler		7	KW Kiel	1882	3.11.1883	5.1884	wrecked 16.3.1889

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Habicht, Möwe: 840 Adler: 880
Displacement full, t	Habicht, Möwe: 1005 Adler: 1040
Length, m	Habicht, Möwe: 59.2 oa 53.8 wl Adler: 61.8 oa 58.1 wl
Breadth, m	Habicht, Möwe: 8.90 Adler: 8.80
Draught, m	Habicht, Möwe: 4.18 Adler: 4.02
No of shafts	1, hoisting screw
Machinery	Habicht, Möwe: 1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers Adler: 1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	Habicht, Möwe: 600 Adler: 700
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	Habicht, Möwe: coal 100 Adler: coal 110
Endurance, nm(kts)	Habicht, Möwe: 2010(9) Adler: 2000(9)
Armament	1 x 1 - 149/20 RK L/22 C/68, 4 x 1 - 120/21 RK L/23 C/69
Complement	127 - 133

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Project history

Iron-hulled, barquentine-rigged colonial gunboats, considered very good under sail and as seaboats.

Modernizations

1882, all: - 1 x 1 - 149/20, 4 x 1 - 120/21; + 5 x 1 - 125/21 RK L/23 C/78, 5 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30

1890, Möwe: - 3 x 1 - 125/21

Naval service

Möwe remained as a hulk at Tsingtau until sold in 1910. Adler was lost in Apia harbour during the Calliope typhoon 16.3.1889.