Wacht Class Aviso (1887)

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Two Wacht class avisos were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1888-1889.

Overview of 2 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Wacht AG Weser, Bremen 1886 27 Aug, 1887 9 Aug, 1888 Lost 4 Sep, 1901
Jagd AG Weser, Bremen 1887 7 Jul, 1888 25 Jun, 1889 Broken up 1920

Design & Construction

Performance

The Wachts were poor seaboats that were very wet and pitched and rolled severely, as well as requiring lee helm. Despite this they could sail into a head sea with only slight loss of speed.[1]

Armament

[2][3]

As Completed

  • Three 105mm/35 caliber guns
  • Three 350mm torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes

1891

  • Four 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns
  • Three 350mm torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes

See Also

Footnotes

  1. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 96.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 257.
  3. German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 95-96.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.


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