SMS Loreley (1885)

Loreley in 1896
Class overview
Operators	Imperial German Navy
Preceded by	SMS Eber
Succeeded by	Iltis class
Completed	1
Retired	1
History
Name	Loreley
Namesake	Lorelei
Builder	D. and W. Henderson and Company, Glasgow
Yard number	90061
Launched	1 June 1885
Commissioned	6 August 1896
Decommissioned	2 November 1918
Fate	Transferred to private ownership; lost in the Black Sea, January 1926
General characteristics
Class and type	Steam yacht
Displacement	Design: 920 t (910 long tons) Full load: 924 t (909 long tons)
Length	61.0 m (200 ft 2 in) lwl 68.7 m (225 ft 5 in) loa
Beam	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Draft	4.58 m (15 ft 0 in)
Installed power	1 × vertical 3-cylinder compound engine 700 PS (690 ihp)
Propulsion	Propeller – 1 × four-blade Sails – 435 m2 (4,680 sq ft)
Sail plan	Schooner
Speed	11.9 kn (22.0 km/h; 13.7 mph)
Complement	4 officers 57 enlisted men
Armament	2 × 5 cm SK L/40 gun

SMS Loreley was a vessel of the Imperial German Navy which primarily served in the Mediterranean Sea. Originally built as a steam yacht in 1885, the vessel was purchased by Germany in 1896 and was generally stationed at Constantinople, where she was used for diplomatic purposes. Following the end of the First World War, Loreley was sold to a private owner in Turkey, eventually being lost during a voyage in the Black Sea in 1926.