SMS Wolf (1878)

Wolf laid up in Tientsin, China, probably for the winter of 1880–1881
History
NameWolf
OrderedSeptember 1876
BuilderKaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven
Laid down1876
Launched21 March 1878
Commissioned1 October 1878
Decommissioned18 July 1905
Stricken3 March 1906
FateSold for scrapping, 24 April 1919
General characteristics
Class and typeWolf-class gunboat
Displacement570 t (560 long tons)
Length47.2 m (154 ft 10 in)
Beam7.66 m (25 ft 2 in)
Draft3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × Marine steam engine
Speed8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Range1,640 nmi (3,040 km; 1,890 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement
  • 5 officers
  • 80 enlisted men
Armament

SMS Wolf was the lead ship of the Wolf class of steam gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s.