SMS Natter (1880)

Natter in Kiel
History
German Empire
Name	Natter
Namesake	SMS Natter
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen
Laid down	July 1879
Launched	29 September 1880
Commissioned	20 May 1881
Decommissioned	24 September 1900
Stricken	18 March 1911
Fate	Broken up, 1946
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	Design: 1,098 t (1,081 long tons) Full load: 1,163 t (1,145 long tons)
Length	46.4 m (152 ft 3 in)
Beam	10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draft	3.2 to 3.4 m (10 ft 6 in to 11 ft 2 in)
Installed power	4 × fire-tube boilers 800 PS (790 ihp)
Propulsion	2 × double-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	11.1 knots (20.6 km/h; 12.8 mph)
Complement	3 officers 73–85 enlisted
Armament	1 × 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun
Armor	Belt: 102 to 203 mm (4 to 8 in) Barbette: 203 mm (8 in) Deck: 44 mm (1.7 in)

SMS Natter was an ironclad gunboat of the Wespe class built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ships, which were armed with a single 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun, were intended to serve as part of a coastal defense fleet.