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Barbarossa

Barbarossa

Survived

Reichsflotte (German Confederation), then Prussian Navy

TypeSteamer
WarFirst Schleswig War

Service

to 1852Barbarossa
from 1852Barbarossa

Handed over to Prussia when the Reichsflotte was broken up

Built as the Cunard transatlantic liner Britannia and bought for the Reichsflotte as a paddle frigate. Brommy's flagship off Heligoland. Passed to Prussia in 1852 and used as a barracks ship; sunk as a torpedo target in 1880.

Career

4 June 1849

Brommy's flagship

Joined the Prussian Navy

1852 · Handed over to Prussia when the Reichsflotte was broken up