- SMS Eber
SMS "Eber" was the last of the six
gunboat s of the "Iltis"-class of the GermanImperial Navy prior to and duringWorld War I . The others were "Iltis", "Jaguar", "Tiger", "Luchs" and "Panther". They were built between 1898 and 1903. The boats displaced between 894 and 977 tons, were 66 m long, had a top speed of 14 knots and a crew of 130. "Iltis" and "Jaguar", the first two, were armed with four 8.8 cm guns, the others with two 10.5 cm guns. In addition they carried six 3.7 cm guns. All of them served primarily overseas, in the German colonies."Eber" was posted in West African waters when the war broke out. She met up with the German passenger liner "Cap Trafalgar" off the
Brazil ian island of Trindade and transferred her guns, most of her ammunitions and some of her crew to the liner which was then expected to operate as a commerce raider. "Eber" herself was interned in Brazil and scuttled by her crew on 26 October 1917 inBahia when Brazil joined the war against Germany.A previous "SMS Eber" was wrecked by the
1889 Apia cyclone .
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