sms friedrich sms friedrich ironclad warship built ship constructed french des shipyard toulon hull laid launched january ship commissioned october ship ironclad ordered fourth ship acquired ordered commissioned served fleet commissioning removed line service serve training ship franco prussian war ship formed main german squadron commanded vice admiral engine trouble plagued ship vessels squadron result sorties port wilhelmshaven challenge french blockade resulted combat deployed spain insurrection assisted seizure rebel vessels engagements ship refitted 1880s renamed harbor ship june removed naval register following year sold ship breakers netherlands dismantled scrap design general characteristics 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 constructed transverse longitudinal iron frames contained watertight compartments double ran percent length vessel excellent sea boat ship responsive commands helm moderate turning radius somewhat degree rudder port required ship straight course ship crew numbered officers enlisted men serving flagship crew augmented command staff officers enlisted men carried number smaller boats including large tender launches horizontal cylinder single expansion steam engine powered ship drove bladed screw diameter trunk boilers divided boiler rooms supplied steam engine standard kpa propulsion system rated indicated horsepower speed knots mph trials managed ihp knots mph ship carried long tons short tons coal enabled maximum range nautical miles cruising speed knots mph barque rig surface area square meters supplemented steam engine service added little ship performance steering controlled single rudder armament armor built equipped rifled pounder cannon delivery germany guns replaced pair centimeter guns fourteen guns gun degrees elevate degrees provided range shorter guns wider range elevation degrees shorter barrel imposed lower muzzle velocity reduced range gun types gun fired shell total supply numbered rounds ammunition fourteen guns placed central battery amidships seven broadside guns placed end ship later career revolver cannon torpedo tubes added tubes placed bow ship sides stern port placed water supplied torpedoes armor consisted wrought iron backed heavy teak waterline armored belt consisted millimeters iron backed teak central battery protected sloped iron plating timber battery roof protected millimeter thick iron plating ship conning tower thick iron armor mounted millimeter teak service history ordered french laid shipyard toulon following year ship launched january fitting work completed rapidly ship completed end year delivered prussia october commissioned fleet 3rd month franco prussian war outbreak franco prussian war greatly numerically inferior assumed defensive posture naval blockade imposed french_navy broadside ironclads small ironclad ram steaming english channel french declared war left plymouth july intention steaming azores 13th port learned rising tension france prussia ships returned wilhelmshaven immediately arriving july france declared war prussia days later july concentrated north_sea port wilhelmshaven subsequently joined turret ship stationed kiel 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 broadside ironclads suffered chronic engine trouble left conduct operations stood island majority conflict stationed mouth river september broadside ironclads ready action joined major operation north_sea encounter french opposition french_navy time returned france early spanish republic revolution command vice admiral steamed spanish waters pair vessels ships joined british squadron patrolling southern spanish coast rebel faction seized country seven ironclads admiral senior commander group given command anglo german force squadron blockaded rebel ironclads port bombarded coastal town steaming encountered rebel armed steamer seized vessel returned national government british ironclad hms attacked rebel ships authorization london berlin rebel vessels attempted port brief engagement anglo german force overwhelmed rebels seized ships subsequently turned spanish government rebels considered declaring war germany affair eventually decided captured rebel leader briefly held board admiral blockade eventually forced rebels surrender returned germany chancellor ordered court martial admiral actions considered excessive prohibited conducting diplomacy future later service torpedo nets installed remained ship ship disarmed placed service torpedo test ship august year served capacity january renamed harbor ship freed reused new armored cruiser launched june formally stricken naval register june sold dutch ship breaking firm march gold marks ship towed netherlands broken scrap
SMS Friedrich Carl (1867)