Dimensions
- Size
- 12900 t
- Length
- 141,1 m
- Beam
- 16,23 m
- Draft
- 7,8 m
141,1 mOverall length
12900 tDisplacement
0 knMaximum speed
Design and service
The story of Wolf
The frighter Belgravia was converted into an auxiliary cruiser and commissioned as Wolf in January 1916. On its way into the North Sea on 26.02.1916, it run aground at the Island of Neuwerk and was badly damaged. As the engines were damages beyond repair, the ship was decommissioned two days later. After the war, it was given to France where it was renamed to Iowa, in 1934 it was scrapped.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament and performance.
Armament
- 15 cm guns
- 4
- Other armament
- 2 x 3,7
- 50 cm torpedo tubes
- 2
Performance
- Machinery and speed
- 3300 shp, 13,0 kn
Construction record
Wolf
- Laid down
- Workman, Clark & Co Ltd Belfast, 1906
- Launched
- 10.05.1906
- Commissioned
- 14.01.1916 (as auxiliary cruiser)
- Fate
- scrapped April 1934