SMS Hansa (1872)
Hansa in Kiel in the 1880s
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |
 Kaiserliche Marine
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| Preceded by: | König Wilhelm |
| Succeeded by: | Preussen class |
| Built: | 1868–75 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| History | |
 Prussia; German Empire
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| Name: | SMS Hansa |
| Builder: | Imperial Dockyard, Danzig |
| Cost: | 3,665,000 |
| Laid down: | 1868 |
| Launched: | 26 October 1872 |
| Commissioned: | 19 May 1875 |
| Struck: | 6 August 1888 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armored corvette |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 73.50 m (241.1 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.10 m (46.3 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.74 m (18.8 ft) |
| Installed power: | 450 nhp |
| Propulsion: |
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| Sail plan: | Ship rig, 1,760 m2 (18,900 sq ft) (removed 1895–1896) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range: | 1,330 nmi (2,460 km; 1,530 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
10 |
| Crew: |
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| Armament: | 8 x 21 cm (8.3 in) L/19 guns |
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SMS Hansa was a German ironclad warship built in 1868–1875. She was the first ironclad built in Germany; all previous German ironclads had been built in foreign shipyards. She was named after the Hanseatic League, known in Germany simply as Hanse, Latinized Hansa. The ship was launched in October 1872 and commissioned into the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in May 1875. Designed for overseas service, Hansa was classed as an armored corvette and armed with eight 21 cm (8.3 in) guns in a central battery.
Hansa served abroad for the first nine years of her career in the German navy. In 1884, it was found that her iron hull was badly corroded, which rendered the ship unfit for further active service. She was therefore removed from active duty and used for a variety of secondary roles. From 1884 to 1888, she served as a guard ship in Kiel, where she also trained engine and boiler room personnel. In 1888, she was stricken from the naval register and used as a barracks ship in Kiel. She was moved to Mönkeberg in 1905, where she continued to train boiler room personnel, until 1906 when she was sold to ship-breakers and dismantled for scrap.
Hansa was 71.73 meters (235.3 ft) long at the waterline and 73.50 m (241.1 ft) long overall. She had a beam of 14.10 m (46.3 ft) and a draft of 5.74 m (18.8 ft) forward and 6.80 m (22.3 ft) aft. The ship was designed to displace 3,950 metric tons (3,890 long tons; 4,350 short tons) at a normal loading, and up to 4,404 t (4,334 long tons; 4,855 short tons) with a combat load. The ship's hull was formed with transverse iron frames and mixed iron and timber construction. The underwater portion of the hull was plated with copper to reduce fouling. It contained six watertight compartments.
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