SMS Albatross (1871)

Etching of SMS Albatross by H.Penner
History
German Empire
Name	SMS Albatross
Namesake	Albatross
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Laid down	1869
Launched	11 March 1871
Commissioned	23 December 1871
Stricken	9 January 1899
Fate	Wrecked, March 1906
General characteristics
Displacement	Design: 713 t (702 long tons; 786 short tons) Full load: 786 t (774 long tons; 866 short tons)
Length	56.95 m (186 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	8.32 m (27 ft 4 in)
Draft	3.75 m (12 ft 4 in)
Installed power	2 × fire-tube boilers 491 metric horsepower (484 ihp)
Propulsion	2 × marine steam engines 1 × screw propeller
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Range	1,270 nautical miles (2,350 km; 1,460 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	5 officers 98 enlisted men
Armament	2 × 15 cm (5.9 in) K L/22 built-up guns 2 × 12 cm (4.7 in) K L/23 built-up guns

SMS Albatross was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy launched and commissioned in 1871. SMS Nautilus soon followed as her sister ship. She served as a gunboat overseas until she became a survey vessel in 1888. Struck from the list on 9 January 1899, she was sold and used as a collier until she foundered in a storm in March 1906.