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on 18 September 1849. Completed on 5 October, the ship was never commissioned in the Royal Navy. She was sold to
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571:Otto von Diederichs
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178:9 July 1862
988:1849 ships
972:Categories
727:References
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492:smoothbore
380:Royal Navy
372:sixth-rate
336:68-pounder
329:Forecastle
323:68-pounder
296:Complement
223:sixth-rate
812:0043-0374
655:Footnotes
527:laid down
477:displaced
410:in 1890.
286:Sail plan
130:Completed
114:Laid down
21:SMS Niobe
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535:launched
435:pitching
398:and the
374:sailing
304:Armament
290:Ship rig
191:Stricken
175:Acquired
122:Launched
117:May 1847
78:Namesake
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547:admiral
508:calibre
481:draught
466:⁄
446:gundeck
384:Prussia
376:frigate
370:28-gun
366:Diamond
270:Draught
241:⁄
226:frigate
221:28-gun
217:Diamond
157:Prussia
109:£22,574
96:Builder
88:Ordered
46:History
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631:Notes
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402:as a
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82:Niobe
72:Niobe
38:Niobe
835:OCLC
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164:Name
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