SMS Moltke (1877)
 SMS Moltke
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| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Name | SMS Moltke |
| Namesake | Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, Danzig |
| Laid down | 1875 |
| Launched | 18 October 1877 |
| Completed | 16 April 1878 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 7 July 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 2,500 ihp (1,900 kW) 4 boilers |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 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 Moltke was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s. The ship was named after Prussian Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder and served as training vessel for cadets and midshipmen and made numerous voyages abroad.
On 28 October 1911, Moltke was renamed Acheron. A new battlecruiser had been commissioned on 30 September 1911 to carry the distinguished name Moltke in the Imperial Navy. Acheron was reclassified and converted to serve as hulk for U-boat crews at the Kiel naval base. The hulk Acheron was broken up in 1920.
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.
External links
Media related to SMS Moltke (1877) at Wikimedia Commons- deutsche-schutzgebiete.de webpage about SMS Moltke (German)
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