SMS Amazone (1843)
 SMS Amazone
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| History | |
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| Name | SMS Amazone |
| Ordered | 1839 |
| Builder | Stettin |
| Laid down | 1842[1] |
| Launched | 24 June 1843[1] |
| Commissioned | 19 May 1844[1] |
| Refit | Königliche Werft Danzig, 1852[1] |
| Fate | Sunk 14 November 1861 off the coast of the Netherlands[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 390 tonnes (380 long tons)[1] |
| Length | 33.49 m (109 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Beam | 8.99 m (29 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Draft | 3.14 m (10 ft 4 in)[1] |
| Sail plan | 876 square metres (9,430 sq ft) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 large, 3 small |
| Complement | 6 officers, 139 men (including cadets) |
| Armament | 12 18-pounders[1] |
SMS Amazone was a three-masted
launched on 24 June 1843. Amazone sank in a storm on 14 November 1861 off the coast of the Netherlands with 107 dead.[2] She was reported to have collided with an East Indiaman, which rescued the three survivors.[3][4] Among the dead were "almost all" of the naval cadets being trained to officer the fleet.[5]
Amazone was modelled on the
ship displacement of 370 tonnes and a length overall of 44 metres (144 ft). She had a complement of 145 men and was armed with twelve Swedish 18-pounders.[2]
The ship served as a
Danzig, therefore it came under the Ministry of Finance rather than the Ministry of War. Nevertheless, she flew the Prussian war flag.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gröner, Deutsche Kriegsschiffe, Vol I, 1982, p107
- ^ a b c Deutsche Militärgeschichte 1648-1939, Vol. VIII, p.45
- ^ "Prussia". Liverpool Mercury. No. 4336. Liverpool. 3 January 1862.
- ^ "The Prussian Corvette Amazon". Sheffield Independent. No. 2258. Sheffield. 4 January 1862. p. 5.
- ^ von Tirpitz, Alfred (1919). My Memoirs (Volumes I & II). New York: Dodd Mead & Company.
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