Data Quality88%
MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the patrol boats & fast attack craft category.
01 / Overview
Cameleon-class steam gunboat
Category
Country
Prime contractor
Production
1860–1869
Quantity
8
Operators
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
PATROL BOATS & FAST ATTACK CRAFT · PRE-WWI / INDUSTRIAL AGE
70
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
78
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
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ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the patrol boats & fast attack craft category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎Identification8MOD.8
- Hull ClassificationGunboat
- Ship Typesteam gunboat
- Builder / ShipyardAG Vulcan, Schichau-Werke
- Laid Down1860
- Launched1860
- Commissioned1861
- Ships in Class8
- In ServiceNo
◈Displacement1MOD.1
- Full Load Displacement422 t
▣Dimensions3MOD.3
- Length (overall)43.28 m
- Beam6.96 m
- Draft2.67 m
◇Complement2MOD.2
- Total Complement71
- Officers4
◆Propulsion7MOD.7
- Propulsion Type1 × marine steam engine
- Arrangement (CODAG/COGAG…)single screw
- Number of Engines1
- Shaft Power250 kW
- Shafts / Screws1
- Top Speed9.3 kn
- Nuclear-PoweredNo
▤Gun Armament4MOD.4
- Main Gun15 cm 24-pounder muzzle-loading gun (until 1865), then 21 cm 68-pounder muzzle-loading gun
- Main Gun Calibre210 mm
- Main Gun Count1
- Secondary Gunstwo 12 cm 12-pounder muzzle-loading guns
⬢Missile Armament3MOD.3
▲Underwater Warfare3MOD.3
◎Aviation3MOD.3
◈Sensors & Combat Systems3MOD.3
▣Survivability5MOD.5
- CBRN CitadelNo
- DegaussingNo
- Hull Materialoak with copper sheathing
- Stealth ShapingNo
- Automated Damage ControlNo
◇Fleet Status8MOD.8
- Completed8
- Active0
- Under Construction0
- Planned8
- Cancelled0
- Lost0
- Retired8
- Preserved0
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANRetired
- 1860Production started
- 1866First deployment: Austro-Prussian War
- 1869Production ended
166
years in service
9
years in production
8
units produced
0
countries operating
ⓘ 3 countries retired it.
05 / MASS Score
PATROL BOATS & FAST ATTACK CRAFT RANKING Patrol Boats & Fast Attack Craft · Pre-WWI / Industrial Age
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
314PATROL BOATS & FAST ATTACK CRAFT70PRE-WWI / INDUSTRIAL AGE · PATROL BOATS & FAST ATTACK CRAFT990GERMANY · ALL WEAPONS66PERFORMANCE/PRICE · PATROL BOATS & FAST ATTACK CRAFT
ⓘ Rankings are within thePatrol Boats & Fast Attack Craftcategory.
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