Bismarck-class corvette
 Stein at anchor in 1893
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | AG Vulcan, Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, and Norddeutsche Schiffbau |
| Operators |  Imperial German Navy |
| Preceded by | Template:Sclass- |
| Succeeded by | Template:Sclass- |
| Built | 1875–1880 |
| In commission | 1878–1910 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 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) |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| Bismarck | Norddeutsche Schiffbau AG, Kiel | 25 July 1877 | 27 August 1878 | She was part of the Imperial German 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 |
| Blücher | Norddeutsche Schiffbau AG, Kiel | 20 March 1877 | 21 December 1878 | Decommissioned in 1909 after internal explosion; broken up in Rotterdam |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Template:De icon
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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