SMS Frauenlob (1855)
| Career (Prussia) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SMS Frauenlob |
| Builder: | Lübke, Wolgast |
| Cost: | 43.000 Thaler |
| Laid down: | 1849 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1855 |
| Sponsored by: | German Women |
| Commissioned: | 1 May 1856 |
| Fate: | Sunk in a typhoon off Yokohama, 2 September 1860 |
| Notes: | originally called Frauengabe (Women's gift) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Displacement: | 305 t (300 long tons) |
| Length: | 32.1 m (105 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 2.61 m (8 ft 7 in) |
| Sail plan: | 523 m2 (5,630 sq ft) |
| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | 4 |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 42 men |
| Armament: | 1 × 30-pounder |
SMS Frauenlob ("Praise of Women") was a Prussian naval schooner. The first German naval vessel of that name, she was financed largely by voluntary contributions of German women following the German Revolution of 1848. The keel for Frauengabe (Women's gift) was laid down in 1849 and she was launched on 24 August 1855 in Wolgast as Frauenlob. She was commissioned on 1 May 1856. In 1859, Frauenlob participated in the Eulenburg Expedition and was lost on 2 September 1860 in a typhoon off Yokohama with all hands. Her name was later taken by the light cruiser SMS Frauenlob of 1902 and SMS Frauenlob of 1918.
References
- Gröner, Erich (1985). Band 1. Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 (Munich: Bernard&Graefe). p. 111. ISBN 3763748008.