Bismarck-class corvette
 Stein at anchor in 1893 |
| Class overview |
| Builders: |
AG Vulcan, Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, and Norddeutsche Schiffbau |
| Operators: |
 Kaiserliche Marine |
| Preceded by: |
Leipzig class |
| Succeeded by: |
Carola class |
| Built: |
1875–1880 |
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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) |
| Installed power: |
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| Propulsion: |
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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 |
| Armament: |
- 10–16 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
- 2 × 88 mm (3.5 in) quick-firing guns
- 6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 5-barreled guns
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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 |
| 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 |
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Notes
- ↑ Gröner, Erich / Dieter Jung / Martin Maass (1982). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945. Bernard & Graefe, pp. 70-72. ISBN 3-7637-4800-8 (German)
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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- Preceded by: Leipzig class
- Followed by: Carola class
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