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The Buzzard Class SMS Bussard, SMS
Falke, SMS Seeadler, SMS Condor, SMS Cormoran, and SMS Geier. The
Buzzard class of Wooden sheathed Light Cruisers were built for colonial service.
and were all re built on several occasions between 1898 and 1909 (except
for Falke and Condor. )
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| Bussard |
23rd January 1890 |
Stricken on 25th October 1912. |
| Falke |
4th April 1891 |
Stricken on 25th October 1912. |
| Seeadler |
2nd February 1892 |
Hulked in 1914 and then sunk on 19th April
1917. |
| Condor |
23rd February 1992 |
Stricken on 18th November 1920. |
| Cormoran |
17th May 1892 |
Scuttled on 28th September 1914. |
| Geier |
18th October 1894 |
Captured by the US Navy in 1917 and then
sunk on 21st June 1918. |
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Bussard |
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Bussard. Built by Danzig Dockyard and laid down in 1888
launched 23rd January 1890 and completed 7th October 1890. This
fourth class cruiser. During the various modifications to
the ship at refit The Buzzarsd received enlarged bridge and also and re
rigged at top sail schooners. Stricken on the 25th October
1912 and broken up in 1913.
Displacement: 1838 tons, Speed 15.5 knots. compliment 161
Armament: Eight 105mm, guns,
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Falke |
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Falke. |
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Falke. Built at Kiel Dockyard and laid down in 1890 launched 4th
April 1891 and completed 14th September 1891. was not modified
compared to the others of the class. finally stricken on the 25th October
1912 and broken up in 1913.
Displacement: 1838 tons, Speed 15.5 knots. compliment 161
Armament: Eight 105mm, guns, Five rev cannon, and two 350mm Torpedo
Tubes.
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Seeadler |
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Seeadler, 1892.
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Seeadler. (was launched under the name of Kaiseradler but name
changed soon after) Built at Danzig Dockyard and laid down in
1890, launched 2nd February 1892 and completed on 17th august 1892. In
1914 she was Hulked in at Jade Germany but she sank after an internal
explosion on the 19th April 1917 while she was being used as
a storage for Mines.
Displacement: 1834 tons, Speed 15.5 knots. compliment 161
Armament: Eight 105mm, guns, Five rev cannon, and two 350mm Torpedo
Tubes.
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Condor |
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Condor Built by Blohm and Voss and paid down in 1891
launched 23rd February 1892 and completed 9th December 1892. did
not have major refit work done to her. and was decommissioned and Hulked
in 1914 and used as a Mine Storage Ship at Jade and finally broken up in
1921
Displacement: 1834 tons, Speed 15.5 knots. compliment 161
Armament: Eight 105mm, guns, Five rev cannon, and two 350mm Torpedo
Tubes.
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Cormoran |
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Cormoran by at Danzig dockyard and laid down in 1890 launched 17th
May 1892 and completed 25th July 1893. was at Tsingtao when world war
one broke out. and was scuttled on the 28th September 1914.
Displacement: 1834 tons, Speed 15.5 knots. compliment 161
Armament: Eight 105mm, guns, Five rev cannon, and two 350mm Torpedo
Tubes.
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Geier |
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Geier Built at Wilhelmshaven and laid down in 1893 launched
18th October 1894 and completed 24th October 1895. she
was interned at Honolulu and interned by the US Navy in 1917 and commissioned
into the US Navy as a Gunboat named Carl Schurz but on the 21 June 1918
she sank after a collision.
Displacement: 1888 tons, Speed 15.5 knots. compliment
161 Armament: 450mm Torpedo Tubes.
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