Profile drawing of Silvana
66,20 mOverall length
804 tDisplacement
10 knMaximum speed
80-100Mine capacity

Design and service

The story of Silvana

The ferry Silvana was assigned to the Baltic mine layers in August 1914, but it was never used in this role. Instead it was operating in the patrol flotillas in the Baltic Sea, additionally it was used as merchant protection ship. In 1919 it was taken over by France and bought back by its original owners one year later. The Silvana was scrapped in 1924.

At a glance

Technical profile

Dimensions, armament and performance.

Dimensions

Size
804 t
Length
66,20 m
Beam
9,00 m
Draft
3,91 m

Armament

Weapons and mines
2 x Revolver cannons; 80-100 mines

Performance

Machinery and speed
1400 shp, 10 kn

Construction record

Silvana

Laid down
Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1897
Launched
04.04.1897
Fate
scrapped 1924