sms sms ironclad warship later imperial_german_navy ship designed british_royal_navy captain built brothers shipyard london speculative effort prussia purchased ship second war denmark vessel delivered war ship armed guns pair revolving gun turrets amidships named victor served coastal defense ship years service saw extensive service austro prussian franco prussian wars process german unification vessel primary challenge french blockade german ports conflict wars withdrawn line service variety secondary roles including training ship engine room crews tender school ship ship eventually sold broken scrap following year design general characteristics machinery warship came sms designed captain british_royal_navy officer advocate turret armed ironclad warships nearly identical danish ironclad designed captain vessel constructed transverse frames constructed iron hull contained watertight compartments ship meters long waterline long overall ship beam draft forward aft designed displace metric tons long tons short tons combat load displaced long tons short tons ship crew consisted officers enlisted men carried number smaller boats including particularly successful design suffered severe fast rolling especially heavier seas shipped great deal water bow steering ship turned rapidly starboard sluggish turning port ship required rudder degrees port order remain straight course impossible control ship sail power ship powered single cylinder single expansion engine built engine drove single bladed screw diameter transverse trunk boilers apiece supplied steam engine boilers built arranged single boiler room limited electrical power provided single generator supplied kilowatts volts ship equipped schooner rig surface area square meters propulsion system rated indicated horsepower speed knots mph trials reached ihp mph ship carried long tons short tons coal enabled range nautical miles cruising speed mph armament armor built equipped main battery rifled bronze pounder cannon delivery replaced guns guns supplied total rounds elevate degrees maximum elevation guns engage targets machine guns installed single torpedo tube mounted bow waterline armor consisted wrought iron backed teak plating conning tower protected wrought iron teak armored belt ranged thickness iron bow stern amidships entire length backed teak turrets armored iron timber service history built brothers shipyard london speculative project possibly sell ship laid launched august prussia instead purchased ship august commissioned april delivery delayed british government british sympathetic denmark engaged war prussia austria british prevented ship delivered war concluded cost ship amounted gold marks paid public donations served harbor defense ship years ironclad ram armored warship acquired outbreak austro prussian war mobilized prussian ironclad ships initially based kiel opening days war raced hamburg distance nautical miles hours impressive feat early ironclad warship naval threat austria prussian navy concentrated effort remainder conflict operated command mere appearance caused coastal batteries surrender june pair tiger covered crossing river general soldiers attack city end month prussian army decisively defeated austrians ended war october ship raced navy monitor uss kiel knots faster american vessel ship sailing rig removed outbreak franco prussian war concentrated armored frigates north_sea naval base wilhelmshaven stationed kiel outbreak war managed break french blockade swedish coast shallow draft permitted passage swedish territorial waters protected ship french attack despite great french naval superiority french conducted insufficient pre war planning assault prussian naval installations concluded possible danish assistance forthcoming ships command vice admiral offensive sortie early august encountered french warships armored frigates suffered chronic engine trouble left conduct operations captain commanded ship war course war sortied port times failed result major combat occasionally traded shots blockading french warships majority war stationed mouth ironclad ram small armored frigates remained island september frigates ready action joined major operation encounter french opposition french_navy time returned france removed line service training vessel naval engineers ship decommissioned placed reserve ram bow allowed ice breaker kiel 1880s tender cadet training vessel ship rebuilt refit propulsion system overhauled replaced german built equipment installed ship ultimately stricken naval register march sold gold marks broken scrap following year
SMS Arminius