SMS Stein

The SMS stone was a sailing vessel with steam drive the Bismarck class of the Imperial Navy. The type of ship was referred to as Covered Corvette since his guns under at least partial deck - ie "covered" - stood. A Covered Corvette was thus a frigate similar than a classic Corvette, all led their guns on the upper deck. This type of ship was reclassified in 1884 as the Imperial Navy cruiser frigate.

Construction and technical data

The launch of the 2,994 -ton ship was in Szczecin at the shipyard AG Vulcan on September 14, 1879. The ship was named after the Prussian Minister of State Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein ( 1757-1831 ). It was 82 meters long and 13.7 meters wide, had a draft of 6.2 m and reached a maximum speed of 13 knots. The stone was initially armed with 16 cannons ring the caliber 15.0 cm, which were later reduced to twelve pieces. Here are two quick -loading cannon of caliber were 8.8 cm on board.

History

The stone was used as a training ship for cadets, midshipmen and ship's boys. One of the more famous midshipmen was the future head of the Amt Ausland / Abwehr, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. 1897, the stone was used in conjunction with the SMS Charlotte in Haiti to seek to enforce a German complaint.

The ship was from 1908 Hulk and was scrapped in 1920.