SMS Stein
 Stein at anchor | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SMS Stein |
| Namesake: | Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein |
| Builder: | Vulcan AG, Stettin |
| Laid down: | 1878 |
| Launched: | 14 September 1879 |
| Completed: | 3 October 1880 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bismarck-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 3,089 t (3,040 long tons) |
| Length: | 82 m (269 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 13.7 m (44 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 6.3 m (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: | 452 (including trainees) |
| Armament: | 14 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 2 × 88 mm (3.5 in) quick-firing guns 6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 5-barreled guns |
SMS Stein was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s. The ship was named after the Prussian statesman Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein.
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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