| SMS Stosch | |
|---|---|
 Stosch at anchor in 1894 | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Name: | SMS Stosch |
| Namesake: | Admiral Albrecht von Stosch |
| Builder: | Vulcan AG, Stettin |
| Laid down: | 1876 |
| Launched: | 8 October 1877 |
| Completed: | March 1878 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 27 May 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bismarck-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 3,089 t (3,040 long tons) |
| Length: | 82 m (269 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 13.7 m (44 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power: |
2,500 ihp (1,900 kW) 4 boilers |
| Propulsion: |
1 shaft 1 × 3-cylinder marine steam engine |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range: | 1,940 nmi (3,590 km; 2,230 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 404 |
| Armament: |
10 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 2 × 88 mm (3.5 in) quick-firing guns 6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 5-barreled guns |
SMS Stosch was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s. The ship was named for Admiral Albrecht von Stosch, the first chief of staff (from 1872 to 1883) of the newly created Imperial Navy.
References[]
- Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9. OCLC 22101769.
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