User:Iazyges/List of avisos of Germany

Zieten
Zieten was the first aviso of the Imperial German Navy. Built to be a tender to the German torpedo boats, she used the newly developed Whitehead torpedo, rather than the old Spar torpedos used by the torpedo boats. Her design was not only the basis for later German avisos&mdash;most notably the Blitz-class aviso&mdash;and all subsequent light cruisers, but also to numerous foreign designs, such as several classes of French, Italian, and Austrian avisos and torpedo craft.