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SMS Crocodill (1860)

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so ventilation holes could be cut into the outer planking. Her entire propulsion system, including the masts and the funnel, was removed and a roof was erected over the hull to keep the elements out.
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to defend Stralsund in the event of a Danish amphibious assault, which did not materialize. After a few months of service, she was again laid up.
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approved a construction program for some fifty-two gunboats to be built over the next fifteen years, which began with the fifteen vessels of the
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Nottelmann, Dirk (2022). "The Development of the Small Cruiser in the Imperial German Navy Part III: The Gunboats". In Jordan, John (ed.).
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Lyon, David (1979). "Germany". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.).
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Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe: Biographien – ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart
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The German Warships: Biographies − A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present
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remained in the fleet's inventory for just a short time, before being struck from the
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The preservation efforts were not successful, and by the start of the
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Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993).
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in the late 1850s in the aftermath of the dissolution of the
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and in the midst of rising tensions with Denmark. In 1859,
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came about as a result of a program to strengthen the
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Index


Prussia
Crocodile
Elbing
Gunboat
t
long tons
boilers
PS
ihp
marine steam engines
screw propeller
knots
gunboat
Jäger class
Prussian Navy
Jäger-class gunboat
Jäger-class
gunboats
Prussian Navy
Reichsflotte
Prince Regent Wilhelm
long overall
beam
draft
displaced
metric tons
long tons
full load
marine steam engines

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