SMS Möwe (1914)
| History | |
|---|---|
| German Empire | |
| 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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SMS Möwe ([ˈmøːvə]; German: Seagull) was a merchant raider of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I.
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.