Gazelle Class Cruiser (1898)

Ten Gazelle class light cruisers were completed between in 1900 and 1904.

They established a pattern in German light cruisers of a reliance on 10.5-cm guns that was to persist well after other nations went to heavier calibres.

Overview of 10 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Gazelle	Germaniawerft	1897	31 Mar, 1898	6 Oct, 1900	Hulked 1916
Niobe	Weser	1898	18 Jul, 1899	25 Jun, 1900	Sold 1925
Nymphe	Germaniawerft	1898	21 Nov, 1899	20 Sep, 1900	Broken up 1932
Thetis	Danzig Dockyard	1899	3 Jul, 1900	14 Sep, 1901	Broken up 1930
Ariadne	Weser	1899	10 Aug, 1900	18 May, 1901	Sunk 28 Aug, 1914
Amazone	Germaniawerft	1899	6 Oct, 1900	15 Nov, 1901	Hulked 1931
Medusa	Weser	1900	5 Dec, 1900	26 Jul, 1901	Hulked 1929
Frauenlob	Weser	1901	22 Mar, 1902	17 Feb, 1903	Torpedoed 31 May, 1916
Arcona	Weser	1901	22 Oct, 1902	12 May, 1903	Hulked 1930
Undine	Holdtswerke	1901	11 Dec, 1902	5 Jan, 1904	Torpedoed 7 Nov, 1915