SMS Stosch

Stosch at anchor in 1894
History
German Empire
Name:	SMS Stosch
Namesake:	Admiral Albrecht von Stosch
Builder:	Vulcan AG, Stettin
Laid down:	1876
Launched:	8 October 1877
Completed:	March 1878
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 27 May 1907
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:	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:	404
Armament:	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 Stosch was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s. The ship was named for Admiral Albrecht von Stosch, the first chief of staff (from 1872 to 1883) of the newly created Imperial Navy.

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.