SMS Prinz Adalbert (1865)

Prinz Adalbert
Class overview
Operators
Preceded byArminius
Succeeded byFriedrich Carl
Completed1
Scrapped1
History
Prussian War EnsignPrussia
NamePrinz Adalbert
NamesakeAdalbert of Prussia
Ordered16 July 1863
BuilderArman Brothers, Bordeaux
LaunchedJune 1864
Acquired10 July 1865
In service9 June 1866
Out of service23 October 1871
Stricken28 May 1878
FateScrapped, 1878
General characteristics
TypeIronclad ram
DisplacementFull load: 1,560 metric tons (1,540 long tons)
Length56.96 m (186 ft 11 in)
Beam9.92 m (32 ft 7 in)
Draft5.02 m (16 ft 6 in) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion
Sail planBrig-rigged
Speed9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Range1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement
  • 10 officers
  • 120 enlisted men
Armament
Armor

SMS Prinz Adalbert[a] was an ironclad warship of the Prussian Navy and later the Imperial fleet. She was built in Bordeaux, France in 1864 for the Confederate States Navy. Prussia bought her during the Second Schleswig War against Denmark, but she was not delivered until after the war. She was designed as an armored ram but also carried three guns: one 21 cm (8.3 in) and two 17 cm (6.7 in) pieces in armored turrets. She was named after Prince Adalbert of Prussia, an early proponent of Prussian naval power.

The ship was poorly built and as a result had a very limited service career. She was heavily modified after her delivery to Prussia in 1865 and briefly served with the fleet between 1866 and 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870–1871, the ship was assigned as a guard ship in Hamburg. After the war, it was discovered that the internal wood construction was badly rotted; she was therefore removed from service in October 1871. Prinz Adalbert was stricken from the naval register in May 1878 and broken up for scrap that year.
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