SMS Albatross (1871)
SMS Albatross was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy launched and commissioned in 1871. SMS Nautilus soon followed as her sister ship. She served as a gunboat overseas until she became a survey vessel in 1888. Struck from the list on 9 January 1899, she was sold and used as a collier until she foundered in a storm in March 1906.
Albatross sometime in the 1880s
.jpg.webp) Etching of SMS Albatross by H.Penner | |
| History | |
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| Name: | SMS Albatross |
| Namesake: | albatross |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
| Launched: | 11 March 1871 |
| Commissioned: | 23 December 1871 |
| Stricken: | 9 January 1899 |
| Fate: | foundered in storm, March 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 786 tonnes (774 long tons) |
| Length: | 56.95 metres (186 ft 10 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 8.32 metres (27 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 3.62–3.75 metres (11 ft 11 in–12 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam engines with 491 indicated horsepower (366 kW) |
| Sail plan: | 710 square metres (7,600 sq ft) |
| Speed: | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Range: | 1,270 nautical miles (2,350 km; 1,460 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 98 men |
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References
- Erich Gröner, Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote = Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 Vol.I, Bernard & Graefe, 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8, p. 162
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