SMS Greif

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Several ships of the German and Austro-Hungarian Navies have been named SMS Greif

SMS Greif (1866), an Austro-Hungarian aviso originally launched in 1857 as the merchant paddle steamer Jupiter
SMS Greif (1886), a German aviso launched in 1886
SMS Greif (1907), an Austro-Hungarian Kaiman-class torpedo boat launched in 1907
SMS Greif (1914), a German auxiliary cruiser during World War I

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<i>Erzherzog Karl</i>-class battleship Austro-Hungarian battleship class

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SMS Mars may refer to one of two ships in the German and Austro-Hungarian Navies:

Two ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Tegetthoff after the Austrian admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff:

SMS Meteor may refer to one of the following ships:

The Wacht class was a pair of avisos built by the Imperial German Navy in the late-1880s; the class comprised two ships, Wacht and Jagd. They were laid down in 1886 and 1887 and completed by 1888 and 1889, respectively. The ships were based on the previous aviso, SMS Greif, which had proved to be an unsuccessful design due to its lack of torpedo armament. As a result, the Wacht-class ships were equipped with three torpedo tubes to improve their combat power; they were also the first German avisos to carry armor protection.

SMS Wacht was an aviso of the Imperial German Navy, the lead ship of her class. She had one sister ship, Jagd. Wacht was built by the AG Weser shipyard; she was laid down in 1886, launched in August 1887, and commissioned in August 1888. She served in the active fleet through the 1890s and participated in numerous training exercises. Her career was cut short on 4 September 1901, when she collided with the old ironclad SMS Sachsen. The latter's ram bow holed Wacht under the waterline and caused her to rapidly sink. Her crew was safely rescued, however, and there were no casualties.

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The Austro-Hungarian Navy operated a pair of ironclad warships named SMS Kaiser Max:

Three ships of the Austrian and later Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Prinz Eugen in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy

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The Austro-Hungarian Navy operated a pair of ironclad warships named SMS Don Juan d'Austria:

Three ships of the German and Austro-Hungarian navies have been named SMS Basilisk:

Three ships of the Imperial German Navy and one of the Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Möwe:

Several ships of the Prussian and Austrian/Austro-Hungarian Navies have been named SMS Drache (Dragon)

Several ships of the Austrian, Prussian, and German navies have been named SMS Salamander:

Three ships of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Radetzky:

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