SMS Stosch

History
Stosch at anchor in 1894
German Empire
Name:	SMS Stosch
Namesake:	Admiral Albrecht von Stosch
Builder:	Vulcan AG, Stettin
Laid down:	1876
Launched:	8 October 1877
Completed:	March 1878
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 27 May 1907
General characteristics
Class & 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:	404
Armament:	10 × 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 Stosch was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s. The ship was named for Admiral Albrecht von Stosch, the first chief of staff (from 1872 to 1883) of the newly created Imperial Navy.

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.

Bismarck-class corvettes

Bismarck Blücher Stosch Moltke Gneisenau Stein

Preceded by: Leipzig class Followed by: Carola class List of ships of the Imperial German Navy

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