SMS Gazelle (1859)
SMS Gazelle was an Arcona-class screw-driven frigate of the Prussian Navy built in the 1850s. The ship was laid down in 1855 at the Royal Dockyard in Danzig, launched on 19 December 1859, completed on 22 May 1861, and commissioned into the Navy almost a year later on 15 May 1862.[1][2]
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | SMS Gazelle |
| Builder | Königliche Werft, Danzig |
| Laid down | 1855 |
| Launched | 19 December 1859 |
| Completed | 22 May 1861 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1862 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1884 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arcona-class frigate |
| Displacement | 2,300 tonnes (2,264 long tons) |
| Length | 73 m (239 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 380 |
| Armament | 17 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns |
She served on overseas duties for the majority of her career, in 1864 she sailed to Japan.[3] On 8 January 1884, when she was stricken from the naval register. She was used as a barracks ship in Wilhelmshaven thereafter, until she was sold for scrap in 1906 for 36,000 gold marks and broken up.[4]
Footnotes
- Gröner, pp. 42–43
- Gardiner, p. 250
- von Tirpitz, Alfred (1919). My Memoirs (Volumes I & II) Kindle Edition. Dodd Mead & Company. p. 171. ASIN B083QPBBJK.
- Gröner, p. 43
References
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (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. Vol. I: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9.
- Nottelmann, Dirk (2022). Wright, Christopher C. (ed.). "From "Wooden Walls" to "New-Testament Ships": The Development of the German Armored Cruiser 1854–1918, Part I: "Humble Beginnings"". Warship International. LIX (2): 102–129. ISSN 0043-0374.
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