Dimensions
- Size
- 10700 t
- Length
- 135,2 m
- Beam
- 16,76 m
- Draft
- 6,27 m
135,2 mOverall length
10700 tDisplacement
11 knMaximum speed
Design and service
The story of Iltis
The former German freighter Gutenfels was captured by the British in Alexandria at the outbreak of World War I. Renamed Turritella, it was used by the British until it was captured by the auxiliary cruiser Wolf in February 1917. Equipped as an auxiliary cruiser, the now named Iltis was sent to Aden to lay a minefield there. During this operation, the ship was detected by the British cruiser Odin and scuttled by its crew on 05.03.1917.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament and performance.
Armament
- 5,2 cm guns
- 1
- Mines
- 25
Performance
- Machinery and speed
- 2600 shp, 11 kn
Construction record
Iltis
- Laid down
- Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg, 1905
- Launched
- 18.11.1905
- Commissioned
- 27.02.1917 (as auxiliary cruiser)
- Fate
- sunk 05.03.1917