SMS Friedrich Carl (1867)
Friedrich Carl in the late 1880s or early 1890s
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |
 Kaiserliche Marine
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| Preceded by: | Arminius |
| Succeeded by: | Kronprinz |
| Built: | 1866—67 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| History | |
 German Empire
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| Name: | SMS Friedrich Carl |
| Builder: | Societé Nouvelles des Forges et Chantiers La Seyne, Toulon |
| Laid down: | 1866 |
| Launched: | 16 January 1867 |
| Commissioned: | 3 October 1867 |
| Struck: | 22 June 1905 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Broadside ironclad |
| Displacement: | 6,932 t (6,823 long tons) |
| Length: | 94.14 m (308 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 16.60 m (54 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 6.90 m (22 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power: | 3,550 ihp (2,650 kW) |
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| Sail plan: | Barque-rigged |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Range: | 2,210 nmi (4,090 km; 2,540 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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SMS Friedrich Carl was an ironclad warship built for the Prussian Navy in the mid-1860s. The ship was constructed in the French Societé Nouvelles des Forges et Chantiers shipyard in Toulon; her hull was laid in 1866 and launched in January 1867. The ship was commissioned into the Prussian Navy in October 1867. The ship was the third ironclad ordered by the Prussian Navy, after Arminius and Prinz Adalbert, though the fourth ship to be acquired, Kronprinz, was ordered after but commissioned before Friedrich Carl.
Friedrich Carl served with the fleet from her commissioning in 1867 until 1895, when she was removed from front-line service to serve as a training ship. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870–1871, the ship formed part of the main German squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Jachmann. Engine trouble, however, plagued the ship and two of the other three vessels in the squadron; as a result, they made only two sorties from the port of Wilhelmshaven to challenge the French blockade. Neither resulted in combat.
Friedrich Carl was also deployed to Spain during an insurrection in 1873, during which she assisted in the seizure of three rebel vessels in two engagements. The ship was refitted at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven in the 1880s. She was renamed Neptun in 1902 and used as a harbor ship until June 1905, when she was removed from the naval register. The following year, she was sold to ship breakers in the Netherlands and dismantled for scrap.
Friedrich Carl was 91.13 meters (299 ft 0 in) long at the waterline and 94.14 m (308 ft 10 in) long overall. She had a beam of 16.60 m (54 ft 6 in) and a draft of 6.90 m (22 ft 8 in) forward and 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in) aft. The ship was designed to displace 5,971 metric tons (5,877 long tons) at a normal loading, and up to 6,932 t (6,823 long tons) with a combat load. The ship's hull was constructed with transverse and longitudinal iron frames. It contained eight watertight compartments and a double bottom that ran for 76 percent of the length of the vessel.
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