SMS Salamander (1891)

SMS Salamander
History
Austro-Hungarian Empire
NameSalamander
NamesakeSalamander
BuilderStabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
Laid down1890
Launched9 May 1891
FateScrapped, 1920
General characteristics (as built)
Displacement265.63 long tons (269.89 t)
Length39.6 m (129 ft 11 in)
Beam8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
Draft1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Speed9.61 knots (17.80 km/h; 11.06 mph)
Armament
  • 2 × rapid fire cannons
  • 70 × upper deck mines
  • 20 × front room mines

SMS Salamander was a minelayer[1] built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy and launched in 1891.

  1. ^ Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. K.u.K. Kriegsministerium. Marinesektion (1890). Jahresbericht der K. und k. Kriegsmarine (in German). p. 42.