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Preussischer Adler

Preussischer Adler

Survived

Prussian Navy

TypeDispatch vessel
WarSecond Schleswig War
Main guns2 × 25-pounder guns

Paddle aviso. Lagged behind the Austrians at Heligoland.

The SMS Preußischer Adler painted by Christopher Rave. Photo: Christopher Rave (1881–1933), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × 25-pounder mortars
BuilderDitchburn & Mare, Blackwall, London
Laid down1846
Launched1846
DisplacementDesign: 1,171 t (1,153 long tons) Full load: 1,430 t (1,410 long tons)
Length62.72 m (205 ft 9 in) o/a
Speed10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Complement10 officers 100 enlisted men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1846

9 May 1864

Lagged behind

Fate

Survived

Sunk as a target, 26 June 1879