SMS Panther

SMS Panther
History
German Empire
Name	SMS Panther
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig
Laid down	1900
Launched	1 April 1901
Commissioned	15 March 1902
Decommissioned	31 March 1931
Fate	Sold and scrapped 1931
General characteristics
Class and type	Iltis-class gunboat
Displacement	1,193 t (1,174 long tons)
Length	66.9 m (219 ft 6 in) o/a 64.1 m (210 ft 4 in) w/l
Beam	9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 × Thornycroft boilers 1,344 PS (1,326 ihp)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range	3,400 nmi (6,300 km; 3,900 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	130
Armament	2 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/40 guns (range 12,200 m, 482 rounds) 6 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) cannons

SMS Panther was one of six Iltis-class gunboats of the Kaiserliche Marine that, like its sister ships, served in Germany's overseas colonies. The ship was launched on 1 April 1901 in the Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig. It had a crew of 9 officers and 121 men.