SMS Hummel

Hummel's sister ship Natter in Kiel
History
German Empire
Name	Hummel
Namesake	Bumblebee
Builder	AG Weser, Bremen
Laid down	July 1879
Launched	12 February 1881
Commissioned	22 May 1882
Decommissioned	30 September 1884
Stricken	27 September 1910
Fate	Sunk, 4 May 1945
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 Hummel 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.