SMS Frauenlob (1855)

History
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 & 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 cruisers 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.