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929:. The two ships engaged in an artillery duel at ranges between 750 and 1,350 m (2,460 and 4,430 ft) that lasted until 21:30; this was the first naval battle of the Prussian Navy after it had been re-established. The Danes fired some 200 shells at the Prussian vessel, which fired 63 shells from her mortars and six 32-pound shells in return. Neither side was significantly damaged in the battle, though
1668:. She was decommissioned again in February 1873 and the next year she resumed training duties for engine and boiler room crews. She served as a fishery protection vessel again in July that year, thereafter seeing short periods in her training role between 1875 and 1877, ultimately being decommissioned for the last time on 30 April 1877. Owing to the poor condition of her hull, she was deleted from the
770:, but the postmaster general initially refused to turn the vessels over to the navy, since doing so would break international postal treaties. Continued pressure forced the postal service to transfer the vessels, and upon her requisitioning, her deck was reinforced to support the weight of the guns added. While under naval service, the ship carried the
684:; the following year, she received two short-barreled 32-pounder guns. When she returned to civil service in 1849, her guns were removed. After resuming naval service in 1862, she received a new armament that consisted of four 36-pounder guns, and after 1867, her armament was revised again, now consisting of four 24-pounder guns, two of which were
1525:, held from 29 May to 22 June. In August and September, she served with the newly formed ironclad squadron for its first exercises. She remained in service until 13 October, when she was decommissioned for the winter. The ship was recommissioned briefly in early 1870 for use as a harbor vessel in Kiel.
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returned to port and received repairs for the shell damage, thereafter returning to SwinemĂŒnde in late July. She saw no further action, as a second armistice had been signed, again stopping hostilities. The ship then steamed back to
Stettin, where she remained until November, when she was disarmed
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sent a squadron into the Baltic, but poor planning hampered its effectiveness: it possessed no landing forces and few shallow-draft vessels suitable for operations close to shore. As a result, they withdrew on 24 September and Heldt hauled down his flag six days later. After the war, the naval
1187:; the Prussians were not certain as to the location of Danish warships in the area and did not want to risk sending the small flotilla into a possible action with superior enemy forces. By 15 February, the Prussians had ascertained that the Danish Navy had sent only the screw frigate
669:(19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph), but in service she was capable of reaching 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) from 990 metric horsepower (976 ihp). She had a coal storage capacity of 200 t (200 long tons). To supplement the steam engines, the ship carried a topsail
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delivered an ultimatum to
Denmark to cede the disputed duchies to Austro-Prussian control. At the time, the Danish fleet was far superior to the Prussian naval forces available, which allowed the Danes to blockade the German coast. To assist the Prussians, the Austrian Navy sent
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caught fire, Tegetthoff broke off the action and escaped to the neutral waters around
Heligoland, where the ships remained until early the next day. During the period off Heligoland, the Prussian vessels sent their doctors to the Austrian frigates to help tend to their wounded.
954:, rendering the maritime route superfluous and bringing her career as a postal steamer to an end. She once again passed into service with the Prussian Navy, which was at that time searching for vessels to strengthen its fleet. The ship was used to replace the old paddle steamer
778:". During this period, from August 1848 to August 1849, the ship was commanded by her civilian captain, Paul Barandon, and she retained her civilian crew. The ship got underway for the first time as an auxiliary warship in August 1848, steaming first from Stettin to
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was part of the powerful fleet assembled under WĂŒllerstorf-Urbair for the attack. Due to her boiler problems, she remained in
Hamburg during the operations and took no active role in their execution. Austrian and Prussian soldiers crossed over to the islands of
854:, the navy decided to return the ship to active service, and at this time the two 32-pounder guns were added. The ship was recommissioned in May, with Barandon again in command; by this time, he had been inducted into the Prussian Navy and given the rank
566:; the historians Hans Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, and Otto Steinmetz note that records of the initial owner of the vessel have not survived, but Elbertzhagen's involvement suggests it was a state organization, though they point out that the
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The ship was commissioned in June 1863 for a tour abroad; this came after intense debate between elements of the naval command and the administration over the reliability of the ship's steam engines for an extended overseas cruise.
1217:. During this period, the Danes had organized a North Sea Squadron to patrol for German ships in the area. Tegetthoff arrived on 1 May and took command of the Austro-Prussian squadron, which departed for Cuxhaven two days later.
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s troublesome boilers. This work was finished by March 1865 and she was then taken to Danzig, where she was decommissioned for a more thorough overhaul. The project was delayed until
October 1867, lasting until February 1868.
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into the Black Sea to patrol the Danube, but they remained there only briefly before receiving orders to return home on 3 December owing to the rise in tensions between
Denmark and the German states. Boiler problems aboard
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632:. The ship had a crew of ten officers and one hundred enlisted men. She carried one large and five small boats of unrecorded types. During her early career as a post steamer, she could carry 168 passengers.
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was recommissioned for a new role: fishery protection. At the time, British fishing vessels were encroaching in German waters and had begun attacking German fishers to drive them off, prompting an appeal from
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The ship served in a variety of roles in the late 1860s and early 1870s; in 1868, she took a contingent of senior naval officers to observe
Russian naval exercises and she assisted with the completion of the
1336:; the now outnumbered Danish fleet remained in port for the rest of the war and did not seek battle with the Austro-Prussian fleet. The combined Austro-Prussian fleet embarked on a campaign to seize the
837:. The senior naval officers convened a committee on 5 September to evaluate the vessel; since the RussiaâPrussia postal line could not be reestablished owing to the uncertain political situation in the
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and returned to the postal service. A long winter prevented the resumption of the St. PetersburgâStettin route until May 1850. She operated on the route without incident until 1862, when the
862:(Lieutenant at Sea). The ship was tasked with protecting German shipping in the area around Stettin from the Danish blockade and preventing Danish warships from attacking the Prussian coast.
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653:, one on each side of the ship. The wheels were 6.34 m (20 ft 10 in) in diameter, and each wheel had twenty paddles. Steam for the engine was provided by three trunk
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Prussian ships remained on the disengaged side of the Austrian frigates, taking shots at the Danish vessels when possible, though they had little success. After
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to service the route. An order for a vessel to meet
Prussia's obligation to the project was placed, but the ship built in Britain in 1845 proved to be a failure on initial
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Tegetthoff's ships were still en route from the Mediterranean, the three Prussian ships remained in Brest for several days owing to the uncertain situation in the
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that had ended the First Schleswig War. The crisis between Denmark and the German Confederation erupted into open conflict on 1 February 1864, after the Prussian and
1213:, the Netherlands, on 15 February. There they waited until Tegetthoff's frigates arrived, joining forces to make the last and most dangerous leg of the trip back to
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for his last cruise in the North and Baltic Seas in September; at the conclusion of the voyage, the ship returned to Wilhelmshaven, where she was decommissioned.
1683:, the new head of the torpedo department, wanted to test the effectiveness of the weapons on an iron-hulled vessel. She was sunk by two torpedoes from the aviso
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in May 1864. The battle was tactically inconclusive, but the arrival of the Austrian warships forced the Danes to abandon their blockade. Boiler problems kept
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from SwinemĂŒnde to Kiel from 29 June to 1 July. At the end of July, she was assigned to I. Shipyard Division to assist with the training of engineers and
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served as the ship's commander and as the leader of the flotilla during the deployment. A secondary purpose of the cruise was to patrol the mouth of the
408:, the first naval battle of the Prussian fleet. After the war, she was disarmed and returned to her commercial role, operating uneventfully on the
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on 12 July without naval support, though elements of the fleet provided support to the soldiers as they engaged the defending Danish forces.
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and she escorted the ironclad back to Kiel on 4 May. She then went to participate in the ceremonies surrounding the founding of the port of
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had rendered the maritime route superfluous. The ship was purchased by the Prussian Navy that year and rearmed, once again as an aviso.
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was tasked with patrolling German waters to expel British vessels illegally fishing. She began these operations on 1 July, replacing
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later that year. She entered service in 1847 as a post steamer, operating the route between Stettin and St. Petersburg. During the
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of the Prussian squadron in the Baltic Sea in 1870, though she saw no action. Beginning in 1872, she was used alternately as a
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1479:. Since the winter of 1868â1869 was mild, the ship remained in commission into early 1869, albeit with a reduced crew.
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of 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) over the hull and 16.2 m (53 ft 2 in) over the paddle wheel. Her
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rig with a total sail area of 600 m (6,500 sq ft), though the ship did not perform well under sail.
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and observed Russian naval maneuvers directed by Vice Admiral
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448:. The combined squadron attacked a Danish force enforcing a
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967:was commissioned on 18 July and taken to
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1334:Bernhard von WĂŒllerstorf-Urbair
740:German revolutions of 1848â1849
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2294:List of naval ships of Germany
1536:in July and she served as the
1456:Province of Schleswig-Holstein
1180:to break the Danish blockade.
1005:was to be sent to the eastern
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391:in 1848 and converted into an
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1498:in London. She also brought
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1225:The Battle of Helgoland 1864
1135:had resulted from Denmark's
1100:on 19 September and reached
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1532:after the outbreak of the
1494:, then being built at the
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1556:Marinestation der Ostsee
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713:showing the location of
569:Seehandlungsgesellschaft
504:during experiments with
456:ports, resulting in the
418:Prussian Eastern Railway
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1915:Greene & Massignani
1867:Greene & Massignani
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975:Return to naval service
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1133:Second Schleswig War
1127:Second Schleswig War
1034:House of Wittelsbach
993:Second Schleswig War
804:Frankfurt Parliament
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1929:, pp. 332â338.
1917:, pp. 210â211.
1905:, pp. 283â286.
1893:, pp. 282â283.
1881:, pp. 280â281.
1695:MĂŒrwik Naval School
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1534:Franco-Prussian War
1452:Carl Scheel-Plessen
1399:Reinhold von Werner
1387:Eduard von Jachmann
1072:that had ended the
1048:âCorvette Captain)
744:First Schleswig War
647:marine steam engine
562:'s chief designer,
482:Franco-Prussian War
389:First Schleswig War
302:marine steam engine
211:Design: 1,171
2185:Preussischer Adler
1786:, pp. 37, 40.
1681:Alfred von Tirpitz
1659:Preussischer Adler
1645:Preussischer Adler
1636:Preussischer Adler
1592:Preussischer Adler
1587:on 19 March 1871.
1584:OstseestreitkrÀfte
1569:Preussischer Adler
1563:OstseestreitkrÀfte
1508:Preussischer Adler
1485:Preussischer Adler
1439:Preussischer Adler
1365:Preussischer Adler
1343:Preussischer Adler
1321:Don Juan d'Austria
1299:Preussischer Adler
1286:Preussischer Adler
1280:Preussischer Adler
1267:Preussischer Adler
1235:
1230:Preussischer Adler
1116:Preussischer Adler
1081:Preussischer Adler
1002:Preussischer Adler
996:
964:Preussischer Adler
951:Preussischer Adler
940:Preussischer Adler
932:Preussischer Adler
913:Preussischer Adler
884:
871:Preussischer Adler
852:Duchy of Schleswig
847:Preussischer Adler
834:Preussischer Adler
809:Preussischer Adler
792:FĂŒnfzigerausschuss
784:Armistice of Malmö
761:Preussischer Adler
727:Preussischer Adler
723:
635:Preussischer Adler
589:Preussischer Adler
551:Preussischer Adler
494:fishery protection
463:Preussischer Adler
425:Preussischer Adler
373:Kingdom of Prussia
359:Preussischer Adler
134:Preussischer Adler
35:Preussischer Adler
2302:
2301:
2133:978-1-55750-745-7
2101:978-3-7822-0267-1
2078:978-0-87021-790-6
2056:978-0-938289-58-6
2037:978-1-906033-03-3
1989:, pp. 22â23.
1965:, pp. 21â22.
1941:, pp. 20â21.
1845:, pp. 72â73.
1810:, pp. 19â20.
1774:, pp. 17â19.
1654:Otto von Bismarck
1572:spent the war at
1496:Thames Iron Works
1413:âCaptain at Sea)
1026:Kingdom of Greece
1007:Mediterranean Sea
767:Königin Elisabeth
659:metric horsepower
564:Carl Elbertzhagen
546:Blackwall, London
430:Mediterranean Sea
353:
352:
282:metric horsepower
149:Blackwall, London
95:Succeeded by
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1396:
1385:
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1367:
1360:Treaty of Vienna
1345:
1331:
1308:ship of the line
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1153:Austrian Empires
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1040:KorvettenkapitÀn
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858:Leutnant zur See
849:
836:
819:
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769:
763:
734:in 1846 and was
729:
709:1911 map of the
637:
591:
577:
553:
472:ironclad warship
465:
428:was sent to the
427:
361:
336:100 enlisted men
174:27 November 1877
136:
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40:Christopher Rave
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1642:In April 1872,
1631:Prince Adalbert
1548:(Rear Admiral)
1503:Heinrich Köhler
1434:Grigory Butakov
1405:KapitÀn zur See
1393:KapitÀnleutnant
1378:
1368:
1332:(Vice Admiral)
1317:armored frigate
1209:and stopped in
1195:English Channel
1149:London Protocol
1129:
1070:Treaty of Paris
1009:along with the
977:
794:
703:
698:
696:Service history
585:
583:Characteristics
571:
514:
346:2 Ă 25-pounder
269:Installed power
72:
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2100:
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2077:
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2055:
2042:
2036:
2021:
2018:
2016:
2015:
2013:, p. 131.
2003:
1991:
1979:
1967:
1955:
1943:
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1907:
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1788:
1776:
1764:
1752:
1740:
1717:
1704:
1702:
1699:
1670:naval register
1428:, the Russian
1426:Nikolay Krabbe
1377:
1374:
1167:screw frigates
1128:
1125:
1030:Otto of Greece
976:
973:
892:merchant ships
888:Stettiner Haff
719:St. Petersburg
702:
699:
697:
694:
612:of 1,171
584:
581:
526:St. Petersburg
513:
510:
498:naval register
452:of the German
442:steam frigates
414:St. Petersburg
377:Russian Empire
365:paddle steamer
351:
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186:, 26 June 1879
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47:Class overview
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2066:
2065:Gröner, Erich
2062:
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2052:
2048:
2043:
2039:
2033:
2029:
2024:
2023:
2019:
2012:
2007:
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2001:, p. 23.
2000:
1995:
1992:
1988:
1983:
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1977:, p. 22.
1976:
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1953:, p. 21.
1952:
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1857:, p. 72.
1856:
1851:
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1833:, p. 20.
1832:
1827:
1825:
1823:
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1813:
1809:
1804:
1801:
1798:, p. 19.
1797:
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1789:
1785:
1780:
1777:
1773:
1768:
1765:
1762:, p. 17.
1761:
1756:
1753:
1750:, p. 37.
1749:
1744:
1741:
1738:, p. 79.
1737:
1732:
1730:
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1715:, p. 18.
1714:
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1627:Heiligenhafen
1624:
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1574:Friedrichsort
1570:
1564:
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1546:
1545:
1544:Konteradmiral
1539:
1535:
1531:
1526:
1524:
1520:
1519:Wilhelmshaven
1515:
1514:König Wilhelm
1509:
1504:
1501:
1497:
1493:
1492:
1491:König Wilhelm
1486:
1480:
1478:
1474:
1470:
1466:
1465:
1461:
1460:training ship
1457:
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560:Prussian Navy
557:
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519:
511:
509:
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490:training ship
487:
483:
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477:König Wilhelm
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385:Prussian Navy
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349:
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80:
69:
67:
66:Prussian Navy
56:
55:
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51:
50:
45:
41:
36:
29:
24:
21:
16:
2304:
2279:
2272:
2263:
2255:
2248:
2239:
2232:
2224:
2216:
2208:
2200:
2194:-class aviso
2191:
2184:
2182:
2123:
2114:
2110:
2091:
2087:
2068:
2046:
2027:
2006:
1994:
1982:
1970:
1958:
1946:
1934:
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1874:
1862:
1850:
1838:
1803:
1791:
1779:
1767:
1755:
1743:
1708:
1691:bow ornament
1685:
1677:
1641:
1605:
1589:
1550:Eduard Heldt
1527:
1499:
1490:
1481:
1477:Kieler Förde
1463:
1418:
1410:
1379:
1376:Later career
1357:
1320:
1311:
1295:
1252:
1243:
1238:
1236:
1224:
1206:
1189:
1182:
1176:
1170:
1130:
1078:
1066:Great Powers
1050:Gustav Klatt
1045:
1020:
1014:
997:
957:
937:
921:
910:came aboard
908:Jan Schröder
906:(Commodore)
885:
879:
843:decommission
828:
824:
816:Reichsflotte
790:
788:
746:between the
724:
675:
644:
610:displacement
600:. She had a
586:
567:
544:shipyard in
515:
476:
468:
422:
404:
397:commissioned
371:between the
369:packet route
355:
354:
206:Displacement
99:
32:Painting of
20:
15:
1674:target ship
1615:boiler room
1578:French Navy
1473:naval mines
1383:Vizeadmiral
1328:Vizeadmiral
1302:steamed to
1106:Dardanelles
1074:Crimean War
991:during the
795: [
752:Danish Navy
690:smoothbores
638:was a good
572: [
502:target ship
387:during the
333:10 officers
87:Preceded by
2317:1846 ships
2311:Categories
2225:Pommerania
2020:References
1651:Chancellor
1597:guard ship
1523:Jade Bight
1258:Heligoland
1239:Niels Juel
1211:Den Helder
1207:Niels Juel
1190:Niels Juel
927:BrĂŒsterort
839:Baltic Sea
780:SwinemĂŒnde
756:blockading
711:Baltic Sea
661:(888
538:sea trials
381:Baltic Sea
328:Complement
295:Propulsion
284:(888
182:Sunk as a
2271:SMS
2247:SMS
2231:SMS
2223:SMS
2215:SMS
2207:SMS
2199:SMS
2183:SMS
1701:Footnotes
1623:Flensburg
1606:Kronprinz
1530:mobilized
1469:torpedoes
1444:Wilhelm I
1199:Cherbourg
1193:into the
1185:North Sea
1165:with the
1159:Kommodore
1145:Lauenburg
1096:departed
1076:in 1856.
1062:Black Sea
985:Schleswig
956:SMS
922:St. Croix
902:Kommodore
880:St. Croix
732:laid down
618:long tons
534:steamship
508:in 1879.
506:torpedoes
475:SMS
454:North Sea
405:St. Croix
223:Full load
217:long tons
155:Laid down
108:Completed
52:Operators
2067:(1990).
1855:Sondhaus
1843:Sondhaus
1784:Sondhaus
1748:Sondhaus
1611:dry dock
1538:flagship
1528:She was
1315:and the
1249:corvette
1247:and the
1215:Cuxhaven
1177:Radetzky
1141:Holstein
1110:Bosporus
1087:Basilisk
1015:Basilisk
1011:gunboats
989:Holstein
736:launched
671:schooner
640:sea boat
620:) and a
518:Prussian
486:flagship
450:blockade
434:gunboats
375:and the
343:Armament
171:Stricken
163:Launched
2209:Loreley
1521:in the
1475:in the
1304:Hamburg
1253:Hejmdal
1244:Jylland
1102:Piraeus
1060:on the
983:Map of
715:Stettin
682:mortars
655:boilers
616:(1,153
598:overall
530:Stettin
522:Russian
446:Austria
410:Stettin
379:in the
348:mortars
276:boilers
215:(1,153
141:Builder
124:History
116:Retired
2280:Grille
2264:Meteor
2233:Zieten
2201:Grille
2130:
2098:
2075:
2053:
2034:
1927:Embree
1903:Embree
1891:Embree
1879:Embree
1736:Gröner
1686:Zieten
1601:tender
1464:Thetis
1450:, and
1312:Kaiser
1291:Altona
1203:France
1143:, and
1090:, and
1058:Sulina
1054:Danube
969:Danzig
958:Danzig
896:prizes
772:prefix
686:rifled
512:Design
363:was a
232:Length
184:target
76:
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