NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Grille, 7.1915- Freya			Normand, Le Havre, France	1856	9.9.1857	3.6.1858	TS 1889, TS 7.1915, discarded 1.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	350
Displacement full, t	491
Length, m	56.9 oa 52.5 wl
Breadth, m	7.38
Draught, m	2.84 mean 3.20 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HSE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	700
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 65
Endurance, nm(kts)	2160(10)
Armament	2 x 1 - 79/15 12pdr
Complement	70

Standard scale images

Project history

Aviso. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

1879: - 2 x 1 - 79/15; + 1 x 1 - 125/21 RK L/23 C/78, 2 x 1 - 79/25 RK L/27 C/73

1882: + 3 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30

1886: HSE was replaced by HC engine (760hp, 14.4kts).

1898: + 3 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30

1915: armament consisted of only 2 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30

Naval service

Grille served as kaiser yacht and flagship of gunboats and also was used for fishery protection. In 1889 she was relegated to training role and since July 1915 was used as tender for cadets and training ship.