SMS Albatross (1871)

For other ships with the same name, see SMS Albatross.

Etching of SMS Albatross by H.Penner
History
German Empire
Name	SMS Albatross
Namesake	albatross
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Launched	11 March 1871
Commissioned	23 December 1871
Stricken	9 January 1899
Fate	foundered in storm, March 1906
General characteristics
Displacement	786 tonnes (774 long tons)
Length	56.95 metres (186 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	8.32 metres (27 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.62–3.75 metres (11 ft 11 in – 12 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	2 steam engines with 491 indicated horsepower (366 kW)
Sail plan	710 square metres (7,600 sq ft)
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Range	1,270 nautical miles (2,350 km; 1,460 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	5 officers, 98 men
Armament	2 built-up guns 15 L/22 2 built-up guns 12 L/33

SMS Albatross was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy launched and commissioned in 1871. SMS Nautilus soon followed as her sister ship. She served as a gunboat overseas until she became a survey vessel in 1888. Struck from the list on 9 January 1899, she was sold and used as a collier until she foundered in a storm in March 1906.

Albatross sometime in the 1880s

References

• Erich Gröner, Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote = Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 Vol.I, Bernard & Graefe, 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8, p. 162

Further reading

• Nottlemann, Dirk (2022). "The Development of the Small Cruiser in the Imperial German Navy, Part III: The Gunboats". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2022. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 63–79. ISBN 978-1-4728-4781-2.