SMS TSINGTAU 1903 GERMAN RIVER GUNBOAT 3D MODEL

SMS Tsingtau was a river gunboat of the Imperial Navy. The boat was used in China from 1904 to 1914.

Two river cannon boats were ordered from the F. Schichau shipyard in Elbing in 1902.

Construction of the first boat began in the summer of 1902.

On April 18, 1903, it was ready to be launched and was named Tsingtau, after the capital of the German leased area Kiautschou.