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SMS Bussard

December 01, 2023

SMS Bussard ("His Majesty's Ship Bussard—Buzzard")[a] was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in the 1880s. She was the lead ship of her class, which included five other vessels. The cruiser's keel was laid in 1888, and she was launched in January 1890 and commissioned in October of that year. Intended for overseas duty, Bussard was armed with a main battery of eight 10.5-centimeter (4.1 in) guns, and could steam at a speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph).

SMS Bussard in Dar es Salaam
History
German Empire
NameBussard
Laid down1888
Launched23 January 1890
Commissioned7 October 1890
FateScrapped, 1913
General characteristics
Class and typeBussard-class unprotected cruiser
Displacement
Length82.6 m (271 ft 0 in)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draft4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Range2,990 nmi (5,540 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h)
Complement
  • 9 officers
  • 152 enlisted men
Armament

Bussard served abroad for the majority of her career, first in the East Asia Division in the mid-1890s, and in German East Africa for the first decade of the 20th century. She had a relatively peaceful career; her only major action came while stationed in Asia in 1894. There, she assisted in suppressing a local revolt in Samoa. In 1910, she returned to Germany, where she remained in service for only two more years; she was stricken in October 1912 and scrapped the following year in Hamburg.

Design edit

Main article: Bussard-class cruiser
 
Illustration of the Bussard-class cruiser Geier

Through the 1870s and early 1880s, Germany built two types of cruising vessels: small, fast avisos suitable for service as fleet scouts and larger, long-ranged screw corvettes capable of patrolling the German colonial empire. A pair of new cruisers was authorized under the 1886–1887 fiscal year, intended for the latter purpose. General Leo von Caprivi, the Chief of the Imperial Admiralty, sought to modernize Germany's cruiser force. The first step in the program, the two Schwalbe-class unprotected cruisers, provided the basis for the larger Bussard class.[1][2]

Bussard was 82.6 meters (271 ft) long overall and had a beam of 12.5 m (41 ft) and a draft of 4.45 m (14.6 ft) forward. She displaced 1,559 t (1,534 long tons) normally and up to 1,868 t (1,838 long tons; 2,059 short tons) at full load. Her propulsion system consisted of two horizontal 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines that drove a pair of screw propellers. Steam was provided by four coal-fired cylindrical fire-tube boilers that were ducted into a single funnel. These provided a top speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) from 2,800 metric horsepower (2,800 ihp), and a range of approximately 2,990 nautical miles (5,540 km; 3,440 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph). She had a crew of 9 officers and 152 enlisted men.[3]

The ship was armed with a main battery of eight 10.5 cm (4.1 in) K L/35 guns in single pedestal mounts, supplied with 800 rounds of ammunition in total. They had a range of 8,200 m (26,900 ft). Two guns were placed side by side forward, two on each broadside in sponsons, and two side by side aft. The gun armament was rounded out by five 3.7 cm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss revolver cannon for defense against torpedo boats. She was also equipped with two 35 cm (13.8 in) torpedo tubes with five torpedoes, both of which were mounted on the deck.[3][4]

Service history edit

 
Bussard in Sydney, Australia in the 1890s

Bussard was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Shipyard) in Danzig under the contract name "C". She was launched on 23 January 1890; fitting-out work was completed quickly, and the new cruiser was ready for commissioning into the Imperial fleet on 7 October 1890. She thereafter served on overseas stations in the German Empire.[3] Early in her career, Bussard served on the East Asia Station with the East Asia Division. In July 1893, she and her sister ship Falke assisted in the suppression of a local revolt led by Mata'afa Iosefo in Samoa. They were joined by the old British corvette HMS Curacao, and the three vessels bombarded rebel positions on 7 July, forcing their surrender. Mata'afa was taken to Apia, the capital, while Bussard remained behind to ensure the demilitarization of his supporters.[5]

In 1898, Bussard returned to Germany, arriving in the Elbe River in March. On the return voyage, she carried several tropical birds for the Berlin Zoological Garden.[6] After her arrival, Bussard went into drydock at the Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig for reconstruction. The barque rig was cut down to a top-sail schooner rig. A new, larger conning tower structure was built. Work was completed by 1900, when Bussard returned to service.[7] She was sent to China in response to the Boxer Uprising earlier that year.[8] While en route to China on 6 August 1900, a boiler room exploded aboard Bussard, due to a blown out manhole gasket; the explosion killed three sailors and seriously wounded another three men.[9] After arriving in China, Bussard took part in the attack on the Taku Forts, along with her sisters Seeadler and Geier. Her crew suffered no casualties during the campaign.[8]

As of 1901, Bussard was assigned to the East Africa Station in German East Africa, along with the unprotected cruiser Schwalbe. The only other German warships in Africa at the time were the gunboats Habicht and the elderly Wolf; these two ships were stationed in German West Africa.[10] Bussard remained on the East Africa station in 1904, and Schwalbe was replaced by her sister Sperber.[11] During this period, Hans Paasche served as the ship's navigation officer; he held this position for two years.[12]

By 1908, Sperber had been transferred to German West Africa, and another of Bussard's sisters, Seeadler, took her place alongside Bussard.[13] Bussard remained in Africa until 1910, when she returned to Germany for a second and final time. She remained in active service for only a brief time; she was stricken from the naval register on 25 October 1912 and was broken up for scrap the following year in Hamburg.[3]

Notes edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" (German: His Majesty's Ship).

Citations edit

  1. ^ Nottelmann, pp. 102–103.
  2. ^ Sondhaus, pp. 166–167.
  3. ^ a b c d Gröner, p. 97.
  4. ^ Lyon, p. 253.
  5. ^ Clowes et al., p. 414.
  6. ^ Krämer, p. 505.
  7. ^ Gröner, pp. 97–98.
  8. ^ a b Sundries, p. 547.
  9. ^ Phelps, p. 175.
  10. ^ Naval Notes 1901, p. 1502.
  11. ^ Naval Notes 1904, p. 1079.
  12. ^ Lange, p. 27.
  13. ^ Naval Notes 1908, p. 710.

References edit

  • Clowes, William Laird; Markham, Clements; Mahan, Alfred Thayer; Wilson, Herbert Wrigley & Roosevelt, Theodore (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company. OCLC 1296915.
  • Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Vol. I: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-790-6.
  • Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe: Biographien: ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart (Band 2) [The German Warships: Biographies: A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present (Vol. 2)] (in German). Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8364-9743-5.
  • Krämer, Augustine (1994). The Samoa Islands: Material Culture. Vol. II. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1634-6.
  • Lange, Werner (2005). Hans Paasche: Militant Pacifist in Imperial Germany. Victoria: Trafford. ISBN 978-1-4120-5246-7.
  • Lyon, Hugh (1979). "Germany". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
  • "Naval Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. London: J. J. Keliher & Co. XLV (286): 1496–1510. December 1901. doi:10.1080/03071840109418906. ISSN 0035-9289. OCLC 723657282.
  • "Naval Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. London: J. J. Keliher & Co. XLVIII (319): 1071–1081. June 1904. doi:10.1080/03071840409418368. ISSN 0035-9289. OCLC 723657282.
  • "Naval Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. London: J. J. Keliher & Co. LII (363): 704–715. June 1908. doi:10.1080/03071840809418822. ISSN 0035-9289. OCLC 723657282.
  • Nottelmann, Dirk (2020). "The Development of the Small Cruiser in the Imperial German Navy". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2020. Oxford: Osprey. pp. 102–118. ISBN 978-1-4728-4071-4.
  • Phelps, Harry (1901). "Notes on Ships and Torpedo Boats". General Information Series. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. XX: 9–182.
  • Sondhaus, Lawrence (1997). Preparing for Weltpolitik: German Sea Power Before the Tirpitz Era. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-745-7.
  • "Sundries". The United Service Magazine. London: William Clowes & Sons. XXV: 545–550. 1902.

Further reading edit

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SMS Bussard His Majesty s Ship Bussard Buzzard a was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial German Navy built in the 1880s She was the lead ship of her class which included five other vessels The cruiser s keel was laid in 1888 and she was launched in January 1890 and commissioned in October of that year Intended for overseas duty Bussard was armed with a main battery of eight 10 5 centimeter 4 1 in guns and could steam at a speed of 15 5 knots 28 7 km h 17 8 mph SMS Bussard in Dar es SalaamHistoryGerman EmpireNameBussardLaid down1888Launched23 January 1890Commissioned7 October 1890FateScrapped 1913General characteristicsClass and typeBussard class unprotected cruiserDisplacementNormal 1 559 t 1 534 long tons Full load 1 868 t 1 838 long tons Length82 6 m 271 ft 0 in Beam12 5 m 41 ft 0 in Draft4 45 m 14 ft 7 in Installed power4 fire tube boilers 2 800 PS 2 800 ihp Propulsion2 triple expansion steam engines 2 screw propellersSpeed15 5 knots 28 7 km h 17 8 mph Range2 990 nmi 5 540 km at 9 knots 17 km h Complement9 officers 152 enlisted menArmament8 10 5 cm 4 1 in K L 35 guns 5 3 7 cm 1 5 in Hotchkiss revolver cannon 2 35 cm 13 8 in torpedo tubesBussard served abroad for the majority of her career first in the East Asia Division in the mid 1890s and in German East Africa for the first decade of the 20th century She had a relatively peaceful career her only major action came while stationed in Asia in 1894 There she assisted in suppressing a local revolt in Samoa In 1910 she returned to Germany where she remained in service for only two more years she was stricken in October 1912 and scrapped the following year in Hamburg Contents 1 Design 2 Service history 3 Notes 3 1 Footnotes 3 2 Citations 4 References 5 Further readingDesign editMain article Bussard class cruiser nbsp Illustration of the Bussard class cruiser GeierThrough the 1870s and early 1880s Germany built two types of cruising vessels small fast avisos suitable for service as fleet scouts and larger long ranged screw corvettes capable of patrolling the German colonial empire A pair of new cruisers was authorized under the 1886 1887 fiscal year intended for the latter purpose General Leo von Caprivi the Chief of the Imperial Admiralty sought to modernize Germany s cruiser force The first step in the program the two Schwalbe class unprotected cruisers provided the basis for the larger Bussard class 1 2 Bussard was 82 6 meters 271 ft long overall and had a beam of 12 5 m 41 ft and a draft of 4 45 m 14 6 ft forward She displaced 1 559 t 1 534 long tons normally and up to 1 868 t 1 838 long tons 2 059 short tons at full load Her propulsion system consisted of two horizontal 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engines that drove a pair of screw propellers Steam was provided by four coal fired cylindrical fire tube boilers that were ducted into a single funnel These provided a top speed of 15 5 knots 28 7 km h 17 8 mph from 2 800 metric horsepower 2 800 ihp and a range of approximately 2 990 nautical miles 5 540 km 3 440 mi at 9 kn 17 km h 10 mph She had a crew of 9 officers and 152 enlisted men 3 The ship was armed with a main battery of eight 10 5 cm 4 1 in K L 35 guns in single pedestal mounts supplied with 800 rounds of ammunition in total They had a range of 8 200 m 26 900 ft Two guns were placed side by side forward two on each broadside in sponsons and two side by side aft The gun armament was rounded out by five 3 7 cm 1 5 in Hotchkiss revolver cannon for defense against torpedo boats She was also equipped with two 35 cm 13 8 in torpedo tubes with five torpedoes both of which were mounted on the deck 3 4 Service history edit nbsp Bussard in Sydney Australia in the 1890sBussard was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Imperial Shipyard in Danzig under the contract name C She was launched on 23 January 1890 fitting out work was completed quickly and the new cruiser was ready for commissioning into the Imperial fleet on 7 October 1890 She thereafter served on overseas stations in the German Empire 3 Early in her career Bussard served on the East Asia Station with the East Asia Division In July 1893 she and her sister ship Falke assisted in the suppression of a local revolt led by Mata afa Iosefo in Samoa They were joined by the old British corvette HMS Curacao and the three vessels bombarded rebel positions on 7 July forcing their surrender Mata afa was taken to Apia the capital while Bussard remained behind to ensure the demilitarization of his supporters 5 In 1898 Bussard returned to Germany arriving in the Elbe River in March On the return voyage she carried several tropical birds for the Berlin Zoological Garden 6 After her arrival Bussard went into drydock at the Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig for reconstruction The barque rig was cut down to a top sail schooner rig A new larger conning tower structure was built Work was completed by 1900 when Bussard returned to service 7 She was sent to China in response to the Boxer Uprising earlier that year 8 While en route to China on 6 August 1900 a boiler room exploded aboard Bussard due to a blown out manhole gasket the explosion killed three sailors and seriously wounded another three men 9 After arriving in China Bussard took part in the attack on the Taku Forts along with her sisters Seeadler and Geier Her crew suffered no casualties during the campaign 8 As of 1901 Bussard was assigned to the East Africa Station in German East Africa along with the unprotected cruiser Schwalbe The only other German warships in Africa at the time were the gunboats Habicht and the elderly Wolf these two ships were stationed in German West Africa 10 Bussard remained on the East Africa station in 1904 and Schwalbe was replaced by her sister Sperber 11 During this period Hans Paasche served as the ship s navigation officer he held this position for two years 12 By 1908 Sperber had been transferred to German West Africa and another of Bussard s sisters Seeadler took her place alongside Bussard 13 Bussard remained in Africa until 1910 when she returned to Germany for a second and final time She remained in active service for only a brief time she was stricken from the naval register on 25 October 1912 and was broken up for scrap the following year in Hamburg 3 Notes editFootnotes edit SMS stands for Seiner Majestat Schiff German His Majesty s Ship Citations edit Nottelmann pp 102 103 Sondhaus pp 166 167 a b c d Groner p 97 Lyon p 253 Clowes et al p 414 Kramer p 505 Groner pp 97 98 a b Sundries p 547 Phelps p 175 Naval Notes 1901 p 1502 Naval Notes 1904 p 1079 Lange p 27 Naval Notes 1908 p 710 References editClowes William Laird Markham Clements Mahan Alfred Thayer Wilson Herbert Wrigley amp Roosevelt Theodore 1903 The Royal Navy A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria Vol VII London Sampson Low Marston and Company OCLC 1296915 Groner Erich 1990 German Warships 1815 1945 Vol I Major Surface Vessels Annapolis Naval Institute Press ISBN 978 0 87021 790 6 Hildebrand Hans H Rohr Albert amp Steinmetz Hans Otto 1993 Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe Biographien ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart Band 2 The German Warships Biographies A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present Vol 2 in German Ratingen Mundus Verlag ISBN 978 3 8364 9743 5 Kramer Augustine 1994 The Samoa Islands Material Culture Vol II Honolulu University of Hawaii Press ISBN 978 0 8248 1634 6 Lange Werner 2005 Hans Paasche Militant Pacifist in Imperial Germany Victoria Trafford ISBN 978 1 4120 5246 7 Lyon Hugh 1979 Germany In Gardiner Robert Chesneau Roger Kolesnik Eugene M eds Conway s All the World s Fighting Ships 1860 1905 Greenwich Conway Maritime Press ISBN 978 0 85177 133 5 Naval Notes Journal of the Royal United Service Institution London J J Keliher amp Co XLV 286 1496 1510 December 1901 doi 10 1080 03071840109418906 ISSN 0035 9289 OCLC 723657282 Naval Notes Journal of the Royal United Service Institution London J J Keliher amp Co XLVIII 319 1071 1081 June 1904 doi 10 1080 03071840409418368 ISSN 0035 9289 OCLC 723657282 Naval Notes Journal of the Royal United Service Institution London J J Keliher amp Co LII 363 704 715 June 1908 doi 10 1080 03071840809418822 ISSN 0035 9289 OCLC 723657282 Nottelmann Dirk 2020 The Development of the Small Cruiser in the Imperial German Navy In Jordan John ed Warship 2020 Oxford Osprey pp 102 118 ISBN 978 1 4728 4071 4 Phelps Harry 1901 Notes on Ships and Torpedo Boats General Information Series Washington DC Government Printing Office XX 9 182 Sondhaus Lawrence 1997 Preparing for Weltpolitik German Sea Power Before the Tirpitz Era Annapolis Naval Institute Press ISBN 978 1 55750 745 7 Sundries The United Service Magazine London William Clowes amp Sons XXV 545 550 1902 Further reading editDodson Aidan Nottelmann Dirk 2021 The Kaiser s Cruisers 1871 1918 Annapolis Naval Institute Press ISBN 978 1 68247 745 8 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SMS Bussard amp oldid 1179045086, 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