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[[File:Wespe class - Brassey's Naval Annual 1887.png|thumb|left|Sketch the {{sclass|Wespe|gunboat|4}} in their original configuration]]
 
TheDevelopment of the {{sclass|Wespe|gunboat|4}} of [[ironclad warship|ironclad]] [[gunboat]]s arosebegan in the 1850s, after the first ironclads were introduced during the [[Crimean War]]. Through the 1860s, the [[Federal Convention (German Confederation)|Federal Convention]] examined various proposals, with numbers of vessels ranging from eight to eighteen. The decision was finalized based on the fleet plan conceived by General [[Albrecht von Stosch]], the new Chief of the {{lang|de|[[Kaiserliche Admiralität]]}} (Imperial Admiralty), in the early 1870s. He envisioned a fleet oriented on defense of Germany's [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] and [[North Sea]] coasts, which would be led by the ironclad [[corvette]]s of the {{sclass|Sachsen|ironclad|4}}. These were to be supported by larger numbers of small, armored gunboats.{{sfn|Sondhaus|pp=113–114}}{{sfn|Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 8|p=69}}
 
''Natter'' was {{convert|46.4|m|ft|0|sp=us}} [[long overall]], with a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|10.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|3.2|to|3.4|m|abbr=on}}. She [[displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|1098|t|LT|lk=on|sp=us}} as designed and {{cvt|1163|t|LT}} at [[full load]]. The ship's crew consisted of 3 officers and 73 to 85 enlisted men. She was powered by a pair of [[double-expansion steam engine]]s that drove a pair of 4-bladed [[screw propeller]], with steam provided by four coal-fired cylindrical [[boiler]]s, which gave her a top speed of {{convert|11.1|kn|lk=in}} at {{convert|800|PS|ihp|lk=on}}. At a cruising speed of {{convert|7|kn}}, she could steam for {{convert|700|nmi|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Gröner|pp=137–138}}
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