WESPE. VIPER. BIENE. MÜCKE. SCORPION.  BASILISK. RHEIN. MOSEL.

(Four others not yet named.)

Small, light-draft, armored gun-boats. All except the Rhein and Mosel have an armored belt and a horseshoe-shaped traverse, giving protection to the crew of a single barbette gun, which gives only bow-fire. They are provided with rams. The Rhein and Mosel are light-draft monitors, similar to the Austrian Danube gun-boats. ([See Austrian Danube monitors].) The Wespe class belongs to the English Staunch and the French Farcy type.

GERMAN UNARMORED FLEET.
(Fast Cruisers.)

Type and Name. Displacement. Maximum
Speed.		Battery.
Tons.Knots.
Iron Gun-deck Corvettes.
Leipsic3,86316 XII 6¾-inches.
Bismarck3,86316
Blücher2,46015 XVI 5¾-inches.
Stosch2,46015
Moltke2,46015
Sedan2,46015
One other 2,46015
Wooden Gun-deck Corvettes.
Freya1,954  14½ II 6¾-inch,
VI 5¾-inch.
Louise1,66514
Ariadne1,66513

GERMAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.
(Old-Type Steam Cruisers.)

Type and Name. Displacement. Maximum
Speed.		 Guns
Tons.Knots.
Wooden Gun-deck Corvettes.
Elizabeth2,42812 18
Hertha2,22710¾19
Vineta2,22711 19
2d Class Corvettes.
Augusta1,76013¾10
Arcona1,76013½10
Gazelle1,76013½10
Nymphe1,76013¾10
Medusa1,76013¾10
Victoria1,76014  10
Ariadne1,65012½ 6
Gun-boats.
Albatross69510½ 4
Nautilus69510½ 4
Wolf48210½ 4
Hyäne48210½ 4
Cyclop395 8½ 4
Blitz395 8½ 4
Two others395 8½ 4
Komet340 8½ 3
Meteor340 8½ 8
Delphin340 8½ 3
Drache340 8½ 3
Otter130 8½ 3
Fuchs2608 1
Habicht2608 1
Hai260  1
Tiger260  1
Natter260  1
Salamander260  1
Scorpion260  1
Sperber260 1
Transport and Dispatch Vessels.
Hohenzollern1,690  2
Three others1,690  2
Pommerania  380  2
Lorelei  380  2
Grille  337  2
Falke1,004  2

Harbor-tugs. Torpedo-launches. Hulks. Guard-ships.