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was out of service. Waldersee's trials were underway when war with France broke out on 19 July, and the North German
Federal Navy requisitioned the vessel on 20 August at no cost. Crew shortages and a lack of equipment during the conflict delayed conversion of the vessel into a warship until 27 April
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could participate in the annual fleet training exercises. She served as a survey vessel from 8 April to 12 October 1886, operating along
Germany's North and Baltic Sea coasts. She conducted further surveying work in the Baltic beginning on 13 April 1887, and in June, she went to Kiel to participate
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on 12 June, which was one of the first times a German warship had stopped in a French port following the Franco-Prussian War. The German ships were joined by French, Russian, Italian, and Austro-Hungarian warships in an international demonstration condemning the murder. Most of the German vessels
488:, in 1863. The navy also assumed the cost of construction; the naval historians Hans Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, and Hans-Otto Steinmetz state that the fact that the Prussian Navy bore the cost of construction and designed the ship suggests that the naval command wanted to have access to a
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to go into quarantine. In the course of the voyage, the ship had traveled 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km; 3,200 mi). The ship was recommissioned on 11 July 1872 for another fishing survey expedition that began ten days later. After departing Kiel, she steamed through the
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served as the ship's commander from April to May 1884. From 25 March to 30 September 1885, she served as a fishery protection vessel in the North Sea. She repeatedly intervened to stop
British fishing vessels from illegally operating in German territorial waters off the
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and then back through the
Skagerrak and Kattegat to Kiel, arriving there on 10 September, having traveled 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi). She was decommissioned there on 21 September. The two expeditions provided the basis for the Fisheries Act of 1874.
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rig, but it contributed little to her performance. These problems were typical of paddle steamers. The ship had a crew of four officers and sixty-one enlisted men. She carried four smaller boats of unrecorded type.
434:. After returning to Germany in 1879, she spent much of the 1880s either operating as a fishery protection vessel or conducting surveys of the German coastline. Decommissioned in 1889, she was struck from the
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was decommissioned in Kiel on 15 October, returning to service again in 1888 and 1889 for more survey work. She was decommissioned for the last time on 16 October 1889 and was struck from the
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that were supplied with 120 shells. Later in her career, these were replaced with a pair of 8.7 cm (3.4 in) 24-cal. hoop guns. She also received four 3.7 cm (1.5 in)
720:
in
September that year and entered service on 1 May 1865 with the North German postal service, operating on the StettinâStockholm route for the next five years. During this period, she
420:
too late to see service during the conflict, she was initially used to conduct fishery surveys that were later used as the basis for the German
Fisheries Act in 1874.
1012:, the ship was operated by the firm Paulsen & Ivers, based in Kiel. On her first voyage, she sank in a storm on 20 January 1894 with the loss of her entire crew.
950:(North Sea Naval Station); she served in this capacity for the next three years without incident and was decommissioned again on 24 April 1884. During this period,
935:. She stayed in Constantinople until 12 June 1879, when she began the voyage back to Germany, arriving in Wilhelmshaven and being decommissioned there on 9 August.
673:) and a top speed of 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph). She could carry up to 75 t (74 long tons) of coal, which allowed a cruising radius of 300
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and was very maneuverable, but she handled poorly in severe weather. She was difficult to control and lost considerable speed in a
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The German
Fisheries Association requested a commission to conduct research in the North and Baltic Seas and the navyânow the
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is poorly recorded, as few official records concerning her construction have survived. The ship was originally built for the
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602:, this increased to 460 t (450 long tons). Her iron hull was constructed with transverse frames; the number of
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was worn out and in need of a lengthy reconstruction; on 2 July 1870, the naval command instructed
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in response to the murder of the German consul there. On the way there,
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s propulsion system consisted of one vertical, oscillating 2-cylinder
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that it could use as needed. She was requisitioned during the
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The ship was recommissioned on 25 August 1881 to serve as a
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to determine if she could be a suitable replacement while
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has not survived. Steering was controlled with a single
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was 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in). As designed, she
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in 1890, sold in 1892, and was converted into a sailing
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sought to acquire ships with which it could defend the
450:, but was lost with all hands on her first voyage as a
800:, where the survey work ended owing to an outbreak of
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remained in the eastern Mediterranean, first off the
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967:. In late August, these duties were interrupted so
649:. The engine and boilers were placed in a combined
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992:; this was the last time he visited the fleet.
974:in the ceremonial start of construction of the
857:Sketch of the German fleet conducting maneuvers
574:of 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) over her
18:Aviso of the Prussian and German Imperial Navy
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562:was 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in)
220:and sank with all hands, 20 January 1894
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522:purchased by the navy, along with the
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716:shipyard in Stettin in 1864. She was
665:. In service, she was capable of 700
1199:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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823:. She then steamed south across the
270:55.2 m (181 ft 1 in)
661:. The system was rated at 300
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1135:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
1116:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
1092:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
1080:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
1056:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz
480:; her design was prepared by the
289:2.35 m (7 ft 9 in)
281:6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
496:in 1870 as what was by then the
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835:. From there, she proceeded to
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348:(26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
1367:List of naval ships of Germany
933:Russo-Turkish War of 1877â1878
432:Russo-Turkish War of 1877â1878
404:originally built for use as a
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216:Sold, 1892, converted into a
383:2 Ă 8 cm (3.1 in)
260:: 460 t (450 long tons)
7:
1195:Sondhaus, Lawrence (1997).
10:
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1155:German Warships: 1815â1945
502:North German Confederation
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978:. The canal's namesake,
804:among the crew, forcing
408:but was acquired by the
780:for the work. She left
604:watertight compartments
225:General characteristics
1403:Ships built in Stettin
1131:Dodson, Aidan (2016).
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462:The early history of
976:Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
965:East Frisian Islands
889:left in August, but
613:The ship was a good
75:Imperial German Navy
1082:, pp. 234â235.
1058:, pp. 235â236.
748:Franz von Waldersee
746:âCorvette captain)
639:marine steam engine
494:Franco-Prussian War
484:'s chief designer,
414:Franco-Prussian War
412:in 1870 during the
327:marine steam engine
1258:Preussischer Adler
909:. On 15 November,
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663:nominal horsepower
442:. She was renamed
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1206:978-1-55750-745-7
1187:978-3-7822-0237-4
1164:978-0-87021-790-6
1142:978-1-84832-229-5
1106:, pp. 25â27.
895:and the ironclad
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486:Carl Elbertzhagen
454:in January 1894.
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570:. She had a
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246:Design: 391
241:Displacement
168:Commissioned
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960:Karl Ascher
884:stopped in
848:Mecklenburg
825:Dogger Bank
750:to examine
722:ran aground
655:boiler room
592:metric tons
510:Baltic Seas
406:packet ship
248:metric tons
83:Preceded by
1388:1864 ships
1382:Categories
1298:Pommerania
1125:References
995:Pommerania
985:Pommerania
970:Pommerania
928:Pommerania
912:Pommerania
892:Pommerania
881:Pommerania
863:Pommerania
843:Pommerania
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807:Pommerania
777:Pommerania
774:âprovided
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705:Pommerania
669:(690
631:Pommerania
559:Pommerania
515:Pommerania
465:Pommerania
423:Pommerania
396:Pommerania
370:4 officers
365:Complement
320:Propulsion
309:(690
187:1 May 1865
184:In service
135:Pommerania
34:Pommerania
1344:SMS
1320:SMS
1304:SMS
1296:SMS
1288:SMS
1280:SMS
1272:SMS
1256:SMS
980:Wilhelm I
833:Helgoland
786:Skagerrak
726:Hiddensee
714:AG Vulcan
710:laid down
695:in 1880.
689:hoop guns
643:amidships
600:full load
598:) and at
596:long tons
588:displaced
546:Helgoland
490:steamship
478:Stockholm
385:hoop guns
258:Full load
252:long tons
152:Laid down
146:AG Vulcan
109:Completed
100:SMS
87:SMS
48:Operators
1153:(1990).
1068:Sondhaus
942:for the
872:Salonika
868:ironclad
813:Kattegat
790:Courland
718:launched
623:schooner
619:head sea
615:sea boat
540:Cuxhaven
531:and the
472:between
440:schooner
380:Armament
205:Stricken
160:Launched
1282:Loreley
1004:Hamburg
922:Loreley
886:Algiers
874:in the
802:cholera
796:in the
759:Loreley
731:Loreley
712:at the
684:(cal.)
682:caliber
647:boilers
474:Stettin
301:boilers
233:Unique
192:Renamed
142:Builder
125:History
117:Retired
37:in 1887
1353:Grille
1337:Meteor
1306:Zieten
1274:Grille
1203:
1184:
1161:
1139:
1104:Dodson
1041:Gröner
940:tender
907:Smyrna
903:Levant
821:Norway
817:Bergen
659:funnel
651:engine
608:rudder
582:. Her
458:Design
400:was a
267:Length
200:, 1892
102:Zieten
72:
59:
1339:class
1331:class
1329:Wacht
1322:Greif
1315:class
1313:Blitz
1290:Falke
1176:[
1016:Notes
1009:Adler
635:'
594:(385
584:draft
533:HAPAG
528:Falke
506:North
446:Adler
353:Range
346:knots
344:14.5
341:Speed
286:Draft
250:(385
235:aviso
197:Adler
89:Falke
1346:Hela
1201:ISBN
1182:ISBN
1159:ISBN
1137:ISBN
782:Kiel
724:off
708:was
590:391
576:hull
572:beam
543:and
508:and
476:and
393:SMS
356:300
325:1 Ă
305:700
299:2 Ă
278:Beam
213:Fate
155:1864
130:Name
1265:Nix
827:to
671:ihp
311:ihp
272:loa
1384::
1048:^
1023:^
819:,
767:.
744:KK
610:.
549:.
512:.
416:.
331:2
1237:e
1230:t
1223:v
1209:.
1190:.
1167:.
1145:.
742:(
653:/
313:)
254:)
120:1
112:1
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