sms ships sms ironclad warship originally ordered prussia purchased ship second war denmark vessel delivered war vessel designed armored ram carried guns pieces armored turrets named early proponent german naval power ship poorly constructed result limited service career heavily modified delivery prussia briefly served fleet franco prussian war ship assigned guard ship hamburg war discovered internal wood construction badly removed service october stricken naval register broken scrap year design general characteristics propulsion meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft designed displace metric tons long tons short tons normal load long tons short tons combat load ship hull constructed transverse frames included iron timber hull copper protect parasites regarded ship poor sea boat ram bow caused vessel ship great deal water responsive commands helm tight turning radius crew officers enlisted men propulsion system provided based ship powered pair cylinder single expansion engines drove bladed screw diameter engines placed single engine room trunk boilers single boiler room supplied steam engines standard kpa fitted control vessel ship initially fitted square meter brig rig subsequently replaced square meter schooner rig armament armor built armed rifled pounder muzzle loading guns placed integral port bow turret located fixed port turret amidships delivery french guns replaced centimeter gun bow guns revolving turret forward gun supplied rounds ammunition central guns shells armored wrought iron mounted wooden hull armored belt protected waterline ship millimeters thick turrets protected armor plating sides service history built cover french shipyard brothers sister ship built cover delivered renamed french emperor ordered brothers sell navy immediately prussia purchased ship second war denmark prussia ally austria delayed delivery ship commissioned prussian fleet october turret ship armored vessels acquired ship named prince prussia creators german fleet conducting trials denmark june ran aground austro prussian war mobilized kiel command admiral lack opponents north baltic seas ship remained baltic duration war ship long service poor construction necessitated significant refurbishment carried naval depot armor plating removed installed stern ship main mast relocated rigged schooner rig refit suffered severe leaking short career shortly outbreak franco prussian war prussian fleet mobilized training cruise atlantic recently commissioned broadside ironclad steamed plymouth england rest fleet plymouth squadron received news imminent hostilities france safety wilhelmshaven arriving july days outbreak war duration conflict served harbor guard ship hamburg timber hull found rotten forced removed service october disarmed ship formally stricken naval register broken year wilhelmshaven engines removed reused
SMS Prinz Adalbert (1865)