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'''SMS ''Elisabeth''''' was a member of the {{sclass|Arcona|frigate|4}} of ]s built for the ] in the 1860s. The class comprised five ships, and were the first major steam-powered warships ordered for the Prussian Navy. '''SMS ''Elisabeth''''' was a member of the {{sclass|Arcona|frigate|4}} of ]s built for the ] in the 1860s. The class comprised five ships, and were the first major steam-powered warships ordered for the Prussian Navy.



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History
Prussia
NameSMS Elisabeth
BuilderKönigliche Werft, Danzig
General characteristics
Class and typeArcona-class frigate
Displacement2,504 t (2,464 long tons)
Length79.3 m (260 ft 2 in)
Beam13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)
Draft5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speed12.1 knots (22.4 km/h; 13.9 mph)
Range1,900 nmi (3,500 km; 2,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement
  • 35 officers
  • 345 enlisted men
Armament28 × 68-pounder guns

SMS Elisabeth was a member of the Arcona class of steam frigates built for the Prussian Navy in the 1860s. The class comprised five ships, and were the first major steam-powered warships ordered for the Prussian Navy.

Design

Elisabeth was 79.3 meters (260 ft 2 in) long overall and had a beam of 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in) and a draft of 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) forward. She displaced 2,454 metric tons (2,415 long tons) as designed and 2,912 t (2,866 long tons) at full load. The ship had short forecastle and sterncastle decks straight stem. Her superstructure consisted primarily of a small deckhouse aft. She had a crew of 35 officers and 345 enlisted men.

Her propulsion system consisted of a single horizontal single-expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by four coal-burning fire-tube boilers. Exhaust was vented through a single funnel located amidships. Elisabeth was rated to steam at a top speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph), but she significantly exceeded this speed, reaching 12.1 knots (22.4 km/h; 13.9 mph) from 2,440 metric horsepower (2,410 ihp). The ship had a cruising radius of about 1,900 nautical miles (3,500 km; 2,200 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). To supplement the steam engine on long voyages abroad, she carried a full-ship rig with a total surface area of 2,200 m (24,000 sq ft).

Elisabeth was armed with a battery of twenty-eight 68-pounder guns. By 1869, she had been rearmed with a battery of seventeen 15 cm (5.9 in) K L/22 guns.

Service history

Notes

  1. ^ Gröner, p. 42.

References

  • Gröner, Erich (1990). German Warships: 1815–1945. Vol. I: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-790-6.
  • Lyon, Hugh (1979). "Germany". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
  • 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.
Arcona-class frigates
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