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GEIER small cruiser (1895)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geier | 21 | Wilhelmshaven KW | 1893 | 18.10.1894 | 24.10.1895 | interned 7.11.1914, captured by USA 6.4.1917 (Schurz 6.1917) |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1608 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 1918 |
| Length, m | 83.9 oa 79.6 wl |
| Breadth, m | 10.6 |
| Draught, m | 4.74 mean 5.22 deep load |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 HTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 2880 |
| Max speed, kts | 15.5 |
| Fuel, t | coal 320 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3610(9) |
| Armament | 8 x 1 - 105/32 SK L/35 C/91, 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
| Complement | 161 |
Standard scale images
nearly sister-ship Cormoran 1895
Project history
The Bussard class were intended for colonial work, with their barquentine rig, ram bows and wooden sheathing.
Modernizations
1900s: + (0 - 5) x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30
Naval service
Geier in 1909 was rebuilt and re-rigged as topsail schooner. The bridge was also enlarged. She was interned at Honolulu 7.11.1914, captured by USN 6.4.1917, renamed Schurz in June 1917, commissioned in Septenber 1917 and sunk 21.6.1918 after collision with s/s Florida off North Carolina coast.
