SMS Greif (1914)

HMS Alcantara (left) and SMS Greif (right) dueling at close range during the action of 29 February 1916.
History
Germany
NameGreif
BuilderNeptun Werft, Rostock[1]
Launched1914[1]
Acquired1915[1]
Commissioned23 January 1916[1]
FateSunk 29 February 1916
General characteristics
Displacement9,900 tons normal[1]
Length131.7 m (432 ft)[1]
Beam16.4 m (54 ft)[1]
Draught7.5 m (25 ft)[1]
PropulsionTwo coal-fired boilers, one 3,000 shaft horsepower (12 MW) 3-cylinder triple expansion reciprocating steam engine driving one propeller[1]
Speed13 knots (24.1 km/h)[1]
Range35,000 nautical miles (65,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[1]
Complement10 officers & 297 men[2]
ArmamentFour 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/40 guns (4 × 1) with 600 rounds ammunition, one 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 rapid-fire gun with 200 rounds ammunition, and two 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes with 12 torpedoes[3]

SMS Greif was a German cargo steamship that was converted into a merchant raider for the Imperial German Navy.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Schmalenbach (1977) pp. 46–49
  2. ^ Schmalenbach (1977) p.24
  3. ^ Schmalenbach (1977) pp. 70–71