SMS Stein

	Stein at anchor
History
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	Template:Sclass-
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 Template:Sclass- 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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