SMS Hela

SMS Hela was an aviso built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the mid-1890s, the last vessel of that type to be built by the German Empire. As the culmination of the type in German service, she represented significant improvements over earlier vessels, particularly the Wacht and Meteor classes, which had been disappointments in service. She was intended to serve as a fleet scout and as a flotilla leader for torpedo boats. Hela marked a step toward the development of the light cruiser. Armed with a battery of four 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns and three 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes, the ship proved to be too weakly-armed for front-line combat.

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speed 20.5 knot, draft 4.64 metre, length 105 metre, beam 11 metre, 
aviso, Imperial German Navy, AG Weser, 

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ship commissioning

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ship launching

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SMS Hela passing Grønningen fyr, Kristiansand (cropped)

Siegelmarke K. Marine Kommando S.M.S. Hela W0357680

Le croiseur allemand Hela - btv1b6931795w

SMS Hela passing Grønningen fyr, Kristiansand

Siegelmarke K. Marine Kommando S.M.S. Hela W0357714

SMS Hela

Hela Kingstown

Landing of Emp(eror) at Haifa, 1898 LOC matpc.07169

Wilhelm II debarking Haifa 1898

S.M. Kleiner Kreuzer Hela

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1849	Battle of Heligoland	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Heligoland	Denmark, Kingdom of Prussia, Austrian Empire, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Second Battle of Heligoland Bight	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Battle of the Heligoland Bight	United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, air battle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-51	conventional submarine, Type U 51 submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-45	Type UC II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-71	U-boat, Type UC II submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Hela	aviso	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-554	U-boat, Type VIIC submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-777	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		V 1101 Preußen	Vorpostenboot, patrol vessel, fishing trawler	Wikidata
site	bunker		U-Boot-Bunker Nordsee III	submarine pen	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1911	HMS Ariel	shipwreck, destroyer, Acheron-class destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		SMS Hela passing Grønningen fyr, Kristiansand (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Siegelmarke K. Marine Kommando S.M.S. Hela W0357680		Commons
commons	image		Le croiseur allemand Hela - btv1b6931795w		Commons
commons	image		SMS Hela passing Grønningen fyr, Kristiansand		Commons
commons	image		Siegelmarke K. Marine Kommando S.M.S. Hela W0357714		Commons
commons	image		SMS Hela		Commons
commons	image		Hela Kingstown		Commons
commons	image		Landing of Emp(eror) at Haifa, 1898 LOC matpc.07169		Commons
commons	image		Wilhelm II debarking Haifa 1898		Commons
commons	image		S.M. Kleiner Kreuzer Hela		Commons