SMS Bremse was the second and final member of the Brummer class of armored gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the 1880s.
| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Name | Bremse |
| Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Brummer-class gunboat |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 64.8 m (212 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 2.68 to 4.77 m (8 ft 10 in to 15 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 1 × 21 cm (8 in) K L/30 gun |
| Armor | |
Design
editBremse was 64.8 meters (212 ft 7 in) long overall, with a beam of 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) and a draft of 2.68 to 4.77 m (8 ft 10 in to 15 ft 8 in). She displaced 867 metric tons (853 long tons) as designed and 929 t (914 long tons) at full load. The ship's crew varied over the course of her career, consisting of 3–5 officers and 62–73 enlisted men. She was powered by a pair of double-expansion steam engines that drove single 4-bladed screw propeller, with steam provided by two coal-fired cylindrical fire-tube boilers, which gave her a top speed of 15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph) at 2,081 metric horsepower (2,053 ihp). At a cruising speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph), she could steam for 1,370 nautical miles (2,540 km; 1,580 mi).[1][2]
The ship was armed with a main battery that consisted of a single 21 cm (8.3 in) K L/30 built-up gun in an open barbette mount forward. This was supported by a single 8.7 cm (3.4 in) K L/24 built-up gun and two 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon. She was also armed with a 35 cm (14 in) torpedo tube submerged in her bow. Bremse was protected by a compound armor deck that was 25 to 40 mm (0.98 to 1.57 in) thick. The barbette for the main battery was 160 mm (6.3 in) thick compound steel, backed with 200 mm (7.9 in) of teak planking.[3][2]
Service history
editBremse was built at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen; she was laid down in 1883. She was launched on 29 May 1884. After fitting out work was completed later that year, she was commissioned on 22 December.[3]
Notes
editReferences
edit- Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Vol. I: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-790-6.
- Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe: Biographien – ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart [The German Warships: Biographies − A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present] (in German). Vol. 2. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7822-0210-7.
- Lyon, David (1979). "Germany". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 240–265. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.