SMS Möwe (1914)
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For other ships with the same name, see SMS Möwe.
SMS Möwe ([ˈmøːvə]; German: Seagull) was a merchant raider of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I.
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Namesake | Möwe, German for "seagull" |
Ordered | Laeisz |
Builder | Joh. C. Tecklenborg Ship Yard, Geestemünde |
Launched | 1914 as Pungo |
In service | 1 November 1915 |
Fate | Awarded as war reparations to the United Kingdom, sunk as German freighter Oldenburg 7 April 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 9,800 tons (4,788 gross register tons (GRT)) |
Length | 123.7 m |
Beam | 14.4 m |
Draught | 7.2 m |
Propulsion | 1 × 3-cylinder triple expansion; 5 × boiler; 3,200 hp |
Speed | 13 knots |
Range | 8,700 nm at 12 kn |
Complement | 235 |
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Disguised as a neutral cargo ship to enable it to get close to targets, the Möwe was effective at commerce raiding, sinking 40 ships in the course of the war.