SMS Wolf (1913)

Hilfskreuzer SMS Wolf
History
Name
  • D/S Wachtfels (1913–16)
  • SMS Wolf (1916–18)
  • Antinous (1918–31)
Owner
Operator
  • DDG Hansa (1913–16)
  • Kaiserliche Marine (1916–18)
  • Cie. des Messageries Maritimes (1918–31)
Port of registry
  • Germany Bremen (1913–16)
  • German Empire (1916–18)
  • France (1918–31)
BuilderFlensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft
Launched8 March 1913
Commissioned16 May 1916
Out of service1918
FateScrapped 1931
General characteristics
Tonnage5,809 GRT
Displacement11,200 tons
Length135 m (442 ft 11 in)
Beam17.10 m (56 ft 1 in)
Draught7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)
Propulsion1 shaft VTE steam engine, 3 boilers
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement348
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Friedrichshafen FF.33 seaplane

SMS Wolf (formerly the Hansa freighter Wachtfels) was an armed merchant raider or auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was the fourth ship of the Imperial Navy bearing this name (and is therefore often referred to in Germany as Wolf IV), following two gunboats and another auxiliary cruiser that was decommissioned without seeing action.