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SMS Gazelle
SMS ''Gazelle'' was the lead ship of the ten-vessel , built by the Imperial German Navy. She was built by the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, laid down in 1897, launched in March 1898, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in June 1901. Armed with a main battery of ten guns and two torpedo tubes, ''Gazelle'' was capable of a top speed of .
Initially assigned to overseas service, ''Gazelle'' participated in the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903. She returned to German waters in 1904, and served with the fleet until 1914. She was employed as a coastal defense ship after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914. She served in this role until the night of 25–26 January 1916, when she struck a mine off Cape Arkona. The Navy deemed ''Gazelle'' not worth repairing and reduced her to a mine storage hulk, a role she retained through the end of the war. In August 1920, she was stricken from the naval register and sold for scrap.
==Construction==
(詳細はGermaniawerft shipyard in Kiel in 1897. She was launched on 31 March 1898, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 15 June 1901.〔Gröner, pp. 99–101〕 ''Gazelle'' was long overall and had a beam of and a draft of forward. She displaced at full combat load.〔Gröner, p. 100〕 Her propulsion system consisted of two triple-expansion engines manufactured by AG-Germania. They were designed to give , for a top speed of . The engines were powered by eight coal-fired Niclausse boilers. ''Gazelle'' carried of coal, which gave her a range of at . She had a crew of 14 officers and 243 enlisted men.〔
''Gazelle''s armament consisted of ten 10.5 cm SK L/40 guns in single mounts. Two were placed side-by-side forward on the forecastle, six were located amidships, three on either side, and two were placed side-by-side aft. The guns could engage targets out to . They were supplied with 1,000 rounds of ammunition, for 100 shells per gun. She was also equipped with three torpedo tubes with eight torpedoes. One was submerged in the hull in the bow and two were mounted in deck launchers on the broadside.〔Gröner, p. 101〕 The ship was protected by an armored deck that was thick. The conning tower had thick sides, and the guns were protected by thick shields.〔Gröner, p. 99〕
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