SMS Natter (1896)

History
NameSMS Natter
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, England
Laid down1895
Launched1896
CompletedOctober 1896
RenamedTorpedoboot 17, 1910
FateSold for scrapping, 1920
General characteristics
Displacement134 long tons (136 t)
Length45.9 m (150 ft 7 in)
Beam5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Draft2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
PropulsionReciprocating engines, 2,300 hp (1,715 kW)
Speed26.5 knots (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph)
Complement21
Armament

SMS Natter was a torpedo boat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Natter was built by the German shipbuilder Schichau-Werke between 1895 and 1896. She was renamed Torpedoboot 18 (abbreviated Tb 18) in 1910 and used for local coast defence during the First World War. She was scrapped in 1920.