sms sms german ironclad warship built ironclad built germany previous german ironclads built foreign shipyards named known germany simply ship launched october commissioned german_imperial_navy kaiserliche_marine designed overseas service classed armored corvette armed guns central battery served abroad years career german navy found iron hull badly rendered ship unfit active service removed active duty variety secondary roles served guard ship kiel trained engine boiler room personnel stricken naval register barracks ship kiel moved continued train boiler room personnel sold ship breakers dismantled scrap design general characteristics machinery meters long waterline long overall beam draft forward aft ship designed displace metric tons long tons short tons normal loading long tons short tons combat load ship hull formed transverse iron frames mixed iron timber construction underwater portion hull copper reduce contained watertight compartments german navy found ship stiff sea keeping qualities easily controlled sail steam ship remained highly control suffered ship crew numbered officers enlisted men carried number smaller boats aboard including launches ship carried unknown number picket boats barges anti torpedo nets briefly fitted ship powered single horizontal cylinder single expansion steam engine built stettin engine drove single bladed screw diameter steam pressure standard kpa supplied trunk boilers single boiler room boilers single large funnel retracted ship operated sail powerplant rated nominal horsepower speed knots mph trials propulsion system managed indicated horsepower knots mph ship carried long tons short tons coal boilers enabled maximum range nautical miles cruising speed knots mph fully rigged sail area steering controlled single rudder armament armor armed centimeter guns provided rounds ammunition guns placed story arrangement amidships mounted broadside ship guns mounted casemates corners lower gave ship degree end fire capability lower guns elevate maximum elevation guns reach targets upper guns wider range elevation elevate maximum elevation guns range armor consisted teak backed wrought iron manufactured great_britain armored belt thick amidships protected ship bow stern belt reduced thickness entire belt backed timber casemates armored thick sloping iron plates lower battery thick transverse armored bulkheads end armor service history laid ironclad warship built german shipyard predecessors built french british shipyards ship launched october moved vulcan shipyard stettin fitting work work proceeded slowly commissioned german fleet half years launch comparison earlier foreign built ironclads completed year designed overseas service protecting germany maritime trade spent years career abroad found hull badly stemmed lengthy construction period iron begun result poor shape hull removed active service guard ship kiel kiel training ship engine room personnel formally stricken naval register august floating barracks kiel moved train ship long service sold march marks broken later year
SMS Hansa (1872)