SMS Prinz Adalbert (1865)

Prinz Adalbert
Class overview
Operators	Prussian Navy  Imperial German Navy
Preceded by	Arminius
Succeeded by	Friedrich Carl
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
Prussia
Name	Prinz Adalbert
Namesake	Adalbert of Prussia
Ordered	16 July 1863
Builder	Arman Brothers, Bordeaux
Launched	June 1864
Acquired	10 July 1865
In service	9 June 1866
Out of service	23 October 1871
Stricken	28 May 1878
Fate	Scrapped, 1878
General characteristics
Type	Ironclad ram
Displacement	Full load: 1,560 metric tons (1,540 long tons)
Length	56.96 m (186 ft 11 in)
Beam	9.92 m (32 ft 7 in)
Draft	5.02 m (16 ft 6 in) (mean)
Installed power	1,200 PS (1,184 ihp) 2 × boilers
Propulsion	2 × single-expansion steam engine 2 × screw propellers
Sail plan	Brig-rigged
Speed	9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	10 officers 120 enlisted men
Armament	1 × 20.95 cm (8.2 in) gun 2 × 17.26 cm (6.8 in) guns
Armor	Belt: 127 mm (5 in) Gun turrets: 114 mm (4.5 in)

SMS Prinz Adalbert ^[a] was an ironclad warship of the Prussian Navy and later the Imperial fleet. She was built in Bordeaux, France in 1864 for the Confederate States Navy. Prussia bought her during the Second Schleswig War against Denmark, but she was not delivered until after the war. She was designed as an armored ram but also carried three guns: one 21 cm (8.3 in) and two 17 cm (6.7 in) pieces in armored turrets. She was named after Prince Adalbert of Prussia, an early proponent of Prussian naval power.

The ship was poorly built and as a result had a very limited service career. She was heavily modified after her delivery to Prussia in 1865 and briefly served with the fleet between 1866 and 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870–1871, the ship was assigned as a guard ship in Hamburg. After the war, it was discovered that the internal wood construction was badly rotted; she was therefore removed from service in October 1871. Prinz Adalbert was stricken from the naval register in May 1878 and broken up for scrap that year.
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