 Condor, probably in 1892 before her commissioning
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| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | Condor |
| Namesake | Condor |
| Laid down | 1891 |
| Launched | 23 February 1892 |
| Commissioned | 9 December 1892 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bussard-class Unprotected cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 82.6 m (271 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Range | 2,990 nmi (5,540 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h) |
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SMS Condor ("His Majesty's Ship Condor")[a] was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial German Navy. She was the fourth member of the Bussard class, which included five other vessels. The cruiser's keel was laid down in Hamburg in 1891, she was launched in February 1892, and was commissioned in December of that year. Intended for overseas duty, Condor was armed with a main battery of eight 10.5-centimeter (4.1 in) guns, and could steam at a speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph).
Condor served abroad for the majority of her career, first in German East Africa in the 1890s, followed by a stint in the South Seas Station in the Pacific Ocean in the 1900s. She was present in East Africa amid rising tensions with Britain during the Second Boer War in 1899, and frequently suppressed uprisings in Germany's Pacific island holdings in the decade before the outbreak of World War I. Badly worn out, she returned to Germany in March 1914 and was removed from service. In 1916, she was converted into a storage hulk for mines. After the end of World War I, she was discarded and broken up for scrap in 1921.
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