Bismarck class corvette
 Stein at anchor in 1893 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | AG Vulcan, Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, and Norddeutsche Schiffbau |
| Operators: |
 Kaiserliche Marine |
| Preceded by: | Leipzig class |
| Succeeded by: | Carola class |
| Built: | 1875–1880 |
| In commission: | 1878–1910 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bismarck-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 2,947–3,332 t (2,900–3,279 long tons) |
| Length: | 82.0–82.5 m (269 ft 0 in–270 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 13.7 m (44 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 6.18–6.3 m (20 ft 3 in–20 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power: | 2,500 ihp (1,900 kW) 4 boilers |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft 1 × 3-cylinder marine steam engine |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range: | 1,940 nmi (3,590 km; 2,230 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 404 |
| Armament: | 10–16 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 2 × 88 mm (3.5 in) quick-firing guns 6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 5-barreled guns |
The Bismarck-class corvettes were a class of six corvettes built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s.
Ships of the class
| Name | Builder | Launched | Completed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMS Bismarck | Norddeutsche Schiffbau AG, Kiel | 25 July 1877 | 27 August 1878 | She was part of the German Imperial squadron who forced Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar to accept the German protectoreade over Wituland in May 1885. Decommissioned 21 September 1891; used as hulk in Wilhelmshaven until 1920 |
| SMS Blucher | Norddeutsche Schiffbau AG, Kiel | 20 March 1877 | 21 December 1878 | Decommissioned in 1909 after internal explosion; broken up in Rotterdam |
| SMS Gneisenau | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig | 4 September 1879 | 3 October 1880 | Sank in a gale while berthed at Malaga on 16 December 1900. Forty of her crew dead, including her commander |
| SMS Moltke | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig | 18 October 1877 | 16 April 1878 | Decommissioned in 1911; renamed Acheron used as a hulk for submarines until 1918; scrapped 1920 |
| SMS Stosch | AG Vulkan, Stettin | 8 October 1877 | 10 March 1878 | She took part of the blockade of Venezuela in 1902-03; struck and scrapped in 1907 |
| SMS Stein |
AG Vulkan, Stettin | 14 September 1879 | 3 October 1880 | Used as a hulk since 1908; scrapped in 1920 |
Notes
- ↑ Gröner, Erich / Dieter Jung / Martin Maass (1982). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945. Bernard & Graefe, pp. 70-72. ISBN 3-7637-4800-8 (German)
References
- Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9. OCLC 22101769.
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