SMS Niobe (1849)

Niobe in Kiel
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Niobe
NamesakeNiobe
Ordered28 March 1846
BuilderDevonport dockyard
Cost£22,574
Laid downMay 1847
Launched18 September 1849
Completed5 October 1849
FateSold to the Prussian Navy on 9 July 1862
Prussia
NameSMS Niobe
Acquired9 July 1862
Out of service1890
Stricken18 November 1890
FateBroken up, 1919
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeDiamond-class 28-gun sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen1051 194 bm
Length140 ft (42.7 m)
Beam42 ft (12.8 m)
Draught17.7 ft (5.39 m) aft
Depth of hold11 ft 1 in (3.4 m)
Sail planShip rig
Complement240
Armament
SMS Niobe

SMS Niobe was a Diamond-class 28-gun sixth-rate sailing frigate built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. She was never commissioned into the Royal Navy, which was converting to steam power, and was sold to Prussia in 1862. She was named after Niobe, a figure from Greek mythology. She served with the Prussian Navy, the North German Federal Navy and the Imperial German Navy as a training ship until stricken and hulked in 1890. Niobe was eventually broken up in 1919.
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