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Gazelle

Kleiner Kreuzer 1900 - 1920  Gazelle  Class

   Ship Info   History   Operational History   Technical Data 
23.11.1898:  First trials.
06.04.1899:  Because of problems with the boilers, the trials had to be stopped.
06.10.1900:  Next trials after repairs.
14.11.1900:  Boiler problems cause another stop of the trials.
15.0.1901:  Gazelle is finally commissioned and attached to the 1st Squadron.
22.07-12.8.1901:  Voyage to Spain and Portugal.
22.08-15.09.1901:  Autumn exercises of the Hochseeflotte.
03.02.1902:  Sent to the Westindies.
September 1902:  Operations off the Venezuelan coast.
11.12.1902:  Gazelle captures the Venezuelanian cruiser Restaurador , the ship is put under German command.
13.12.1902:  The Restaurador is towed by the cruisers to Trinidad for repairs.
10.01.1903:  Restaurador is commissioned and used for blokade operations.
23.02.1903:  The captured cruiser is given back to Venezuela.
-17.03.1903:  Further operation of the Gazelle near the Venezuelean coast.
31.03 - 14.06.1903:  Repairs at Newport News.
18.07.1904:  The cruiser returns to Germany.
03.08.1904:  Decommissioned.
1905-1907:  Refits, new boilers are installed.
18.08.1914:  Recommissioned as part of coastal defence forces in the Baltic Sea.
24-29.08.1914:  Operations in the eastern Baltic Sea, attack on the lighthouse at Steinort.
04-09.09.1914:  Repairs in Danzig because of engine problems.
19-24.09.1914:  Operations in the eastern Baltic Sea.
25.01.1915:  After a mine hit, the Gazelle loses all props. Towed to Swinemünde by the torpedo boats G132 and G134 .
22.02.1915:  Because of the high repair costs, the Gazelle is decommissioned.
1916:  Used as a mine hulk in Danzig, Cuxhaven and Wilhelmshaven.
1920:  Stricken from fleet lists and scrapped in Wilhelmshaven.

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