SMS Adler was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy. She was launched 3 November 1883 in the Imperial shipyard in Kiel. On 5 September 1888, she shelled Manono Island and Apolima, Samoa, which were strongholds of Malietoa’s forces. She was wrecked together with the German gunboat SMS Eber, the German corvette SMS Olga, the United States Navy gunboat USS Nipsic, the U.S. Navy screw steamer USS Trenton, and the U.S. Navy sloop-of-war USS Vandalia on 16 March 1889 in a hurricane at Apia, Samoa, during the Samoan crisis.[1][2] Twenty crew members lost their lives.
Propulsion
- 4-cylinder double-expansion steam engine
- Coal-fired boilers
- Speed: 11.0 knots (20.4 km/h; 12.7 mph)
Armament
- 5 × 12.5 cm (4.9 in) built-up guns
- 5 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) revolver guns
- Wreck of SMS Adler
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The wrecked ship -
Rigging -
The wreck about 1938
References
- ^ "Six War Vessels Sunk; Wrecked in a Hurricane at Samoa" (PDF). The New York Times. 30 March 1889.
- ^ "SMS Adler (Gunboat, 1885-1889)". Naval Historical Center. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012.
Bibliography
- Erich Gröner, Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote = Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 Vol.I, Bernard & Graefe, 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8, pp. 166–167
Further reading
- Nottlemann, Dirk (2022). "The Development of the Small Cruiser in the Imperial German Navy, Part III: The Gunboats". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2022. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 63–79. ISBN 978-1-4728-4781-2.
See also
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