NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bussard			Danzig KW	1888	23.1.1890	7.10.1890	discarded 10.1912
Falke		19	Kiel KW	1890	4.4.1891	14.9.1891	discarded 10.1912

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1559
Displacement full, t	1868
Length, m	82.6 oa 79.6 wl
Breadth, m	10.2
Draught, m	4.45 mean 5.63 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HTE, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2800
Max speed, kts	15.5
Fuel, t	coal 305
Endurance, nm(kts)	2880(9)
Armament	Bussard: 8 x 1 - 105/32 RK L/35 C/86, 2 x 1 - 350 TT Falke: 8 x 1 - 105/32 SK L/35 C/91, 2 x 1 - 350 TT
Complement	161

Standard scale images

Project history

The Bussard class were intended for colonial work, with their barquentine rig, ram bows and wooden sheathing.

Modernizations

1900s, both: + (0 - 5) x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30

Naval service

Bussard was rebuilt in 1900, and re-rigged as topsail schooner. The bridge was also enlarged.