Cameleon-class steam gunboat

The Camäleon class was a group of steam gunboats built for the Prussian Navy. Eight ships comprised the class: Camäleon, Comet, Cyclop, Delphin, Blitz, Basilisk, Meteor, and Drache. The vessels were armed with a battery of one 15 cm (5.9 in) gun and two 12 cm (4.7 in) guns. In 1865, the ships then in service had their 15 cm gun replaced with a 21 cm (8.3 in) gun; Meteor and Drache, not yet completed, entered service with that gun. The vessels saw action during the wars of German unification, with Comet taking part in the Battle of Jasmund and Blitz and Basilisk present during the Battle of Heligoland, both during the Second Schleswig War in 1864. Several of the ships served in the North Sea during the Austro-Prussian War, where some of them supported operations against the Kingdom of Hanover. During the Franco-Prussian War, Meteor battled the French aviso Bouvet in the Battle of Havana in 1870; the other members of the class were deployed on coastal defense assignments.

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1860  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Camäleon-class gunboat
speed 9.1 knot, length 43.28 metre, draft 2.67 metre, beam 6.96 metre, 
steamship, gunboat, Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, Imperial German Navy, Prussian Navy, 

SMS Cyclop, 

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  SMS Basilisk ⓘ
  1862 Cameleon-class steam gunboat

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  SMS Blitz ⓘ
  1862 Cameleon-class steam gunboat

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  SMS Camäleon ⓘ
  1860 Cameleon-class steam gunboat

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  SMS Comet ⓘ
  1860 Cameleon-class steam gunboat

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  SMS Cyclop ⓘ
  1860 Cameleon-class steam gunboat

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  SMS Delphin ⓘ
  1860 Cameleon-class steam gunboat

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  SMS Drache ⓘ
  1865 Cameleon-class steam gunboat

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  SMS Meteor ⓘ
  1865 Cameleon-class steam gunboat

Frameless

SMS Cyclop (1860)

The War in Denmark, the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its Defeat off Heligoland - ILN 1864

SMS Basilisk

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		SMS Basilisk	Cameleon-class steam gunboat, torpedo gunboat, steamboat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Blitz	Cameleon-class steam gunboat, gunboat, steamboat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Camäleon	Cameleon-class steam gunboat, steamboat, gunboat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Comet	gunboat, steamboat, Cameleon-class steam gunboat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Cyclop	Cameleon-class steam gunboat, gunboat, steamboat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Delphin	Cameleon-class steam gunboat, gunboat, steamboat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Drache	Cameleon-class steam gunboat, gunboat, steamboat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Meteor	Cameleon-class steam gunboat, gunboat	Wikidata
commons	image		SMS Cyclop (1860)		Commons
commons	image		The War in Denmark, the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its Defeat off Heligoland - ILN 1864		Commons
commons	image		SMS Basilisk		Commons