Leopard 1917
Contruction Data
Laid down: |
W. Dobson & Co. Newcastle, 1912 |
Launched: |
1912 |
Commissioned: |
19.01.1917 (as auxiliary cruiser) |
Fate: |
sunk 16.03.1917 |
Costs: |
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Technical Data
Size: |
9800 t |
Length: |
124,7 m |
Beam: |
15,85 m |
Draft: |
7,4 m |
Armament: |
5 x 15 cm; 4 x 8,8 cm; 2 x 50cm torpedo tubes |
Performance: |
2400 shp, 13 kn |
History
The British steamer Yarrowdale
was captured by the German auxiliary cruiser Möwe
on 11.12.1916 in the Atlantic. Send to Germany, the ship was modified as an auxiliary cruiser and renamed Leopard
. Camouflaged as the Norwegian Rena
, the ship left Germany in March 1917 but was stopped by the British cruiser Achilles
on 16.03.1917 near the Faroers islands. Escorted to the armed boarding vessel Dundee
, the British started an investigation of the ship when the Leopard
fired two torpedoes on the Dundee
which both missed. In the following close range battle, the Leopard
was sunk with all hands.
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