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1354:, served as a torpedo training and testing ship in German waters for the entirety of her active career. This role was focused on two primary responsibilities, training crews in the operation of torpedoes and developing tactical employment of the weapons. To fulfill these tasks, the ship was heavily modified from her original configuration, having most of her guns removed in favor of a variety of torpedo weapons. Between the 1880s and early 1900s, most of the officers and crewmen in the German fleet received their torpedo training aboard the ship. By the early 1890s, the German torpedo-boat force had increased to the size that
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was used to show the flag and protect German interest on these trips. These cruises frequently went to the West Indies and
Mediterranean Sea, but ranged as far north as Iceland and as far south as Argentina. She was stricken from the naval register in October 1910, converted into a barracks ship, and
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went on two major overseas cruises, the first in late 1878 to late 1880, which saw the ship visit South
American ports and patrol the Central Pacific, where Germany had economic interests but no formal colonies at that time. During this cruise, her captain signed a friendship treaty with the ruler of
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began her service as a training ship, a role she held for more than a decade. During this period, she was generally occupied with training cruises and individual, squadron, and fleet training. Long-distance cruises frequently alternated between the West Indies and the
Mediterranean Sea. During fleet
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was built at one of the government yards, which at that time typically were much slower than private yards, and as a result, she was completed much later. The ship went on one major overseas deployment to South
America between 1881 and 1883. She spent the last half of 1881 visiting ports in several
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Pacific in the 1870s, the need for long-range cruising warships became increasingly severe, particularly as other European powers started to exclude German businesses from activity abroad. By the mid-1870s, the fleet
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to conduct gunnery training on 16 December 1900. A strong storm surprised the crew, who, through a communication problem between the commander and engine room crew, raised anchor and tried to get the vessel underway. They were unable to get sufficient steam up in the boilers before she was driven
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began an expansion program to strengthen the fleet to meet the demands imposed by
Germany's increased economic activities abroad and to prepare it for a potential future conflict with France. The naval command determined that modern screw corvettes were necessary for scouting purposes, as well as
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to return home without having to take action in the conflict. The second, lengthier deployment came two years later and lasted from 1884 to 1886. The cruise was primarily focused on German colonial designs on eastern Africa as
Germany joined the Scramble for Africa.
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and other training ships visited foreign ports and responded to problems that arose involving German nationals abroad. She served in this role from 1885 to 1908; during this period, in 1888 she was modernized and converted into a dedicated training ship.
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s stint lasted just six months, when she was transferred again, briefly, to the West
African Squadron. The presence of the squadron proved to be unnecessary, and so the ships were recalled to Germany in December 1885, where the squadron was disbanded.
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internal affairs before being recalled to
Germany. Storm damage while on the way back forced her to seek repairs in Australia, and from there she was diverted to South American waters, where she protected German interests in the region during the
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by heavy winds and destroyed. Most of her crew survived, but 41 officers and men were killed in the sinking, including her commanding officer. Her wreck proved impossible to salvage, and so she was sold for scrap shortly after the accident.
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was armed with a variety of torpedo tubes throughout her career, ranging in number from four to seven. These were all 35 cm (14 in) tubes, and they were placed in various positions in the ship, above and below the waterline.
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and participating in squadron and fleet training exercises. Her training duties frequently involved long-distance overseas cruises, typically either to the
Mediterranean Sea or the West Indies and South America. On these cruises,
745:, which spent her entire career as a torpedo training ship, varied in crew size between 14 and 34 officers and 287 and 494 sailors. Each ship carried a variety of small boats, including one picket boat, two (later six)
381:-class corvettes were ordered as part of a major naval construction program in the early 1870s, and they were designed to serve as fleet scouts and on extended tours in Germany's colonial empire. The ships were armed with a
589:(Imperial Navy) was rapidly ageing, with several vessels already twenty years old. At the time, the world's navies were grappling with the development of steam power, which had already replaced sails in large
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was involved in the establishment of the colony of German East Africa in 1885, particularly as part of a show of force to convince the Sultan of Zanzibar to drop his objection to a German protectorate in
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1526:. The ship served in this capacity from 1888 to 1907, during which time her activity consisted primarily of fleet training exercises and overseas training cruises. These cruises frequently went to the
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frequently served as the flagship of the Training Squadron. In 1908, she was stricken from the naval register and converted into a barracks ship. She continued on in this limited capacity through
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is known as Moltke Harbor in honor of the ship. She returned to the western coast of South America in 1882 and continued her tour of the region before being recalled to Germany in mid-1883.
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and securing trade agreements with foreign governments. In early 1885, she was transferred to the East Africa Squadron, where she also served as the flagship. While in East African waters,
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and later as the flagship of the East and West Africa Squadrons. Most of this deployment was spent in East Asian waters, where she was involved with mediating disputes over
1626:. The ship served in this capacity from 1885 to 1908, during which time her activity consisted primarily of fleet training exercises and overseas training cruises; like
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South American countries during the War of the Pacific to protect German interests against civil disturbances in the conflict. She carried the German expedition for the
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carried 1660 shells for her guns, though the allotment for those ships with fewer guns is not known. They also had two 8.8 cm (3.5 in) 30-cal. guns, though
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explosion that badly damaged the ship and killed thirty men, though most of her crew were ashore at the time of the accident. Deemed too old to warrant repairing,
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served their entire careers as training ships, with the former training most German torpedo crews between the 1880s and 1900s and the latter being used to train
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of 5.2 to 5.68 m (17 ft 1 in to 18 ft 8 in) forward and 6.18 to 6.3 m (20 ft 3 in to 20 ft 8 in) aft. They
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in 1884, sending men ashore to suppress revolts against German economic activities in the country. She was also involved in the settlement of borders for
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went abroad on two major foreign deployments in the first decade of her career. The first, in 1882, was to protect German nationals in Egypt during the
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The ship's crew consisted of 18 officers and 386 enlisted men, though this varied widely later in their careers when they were used as
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served almost her entire career as a training ship. As such, her career was much more limited than most of her sisters; with the exception of
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in 1891, which historians Hans Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, and Hans-Otto Steinmetz interpret as a deliberate insult to the ship's namesake,
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were also used as training ships later in their careers. In this role, they were used for long-range training cruises, primarily to the
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continued in service until 1910, when she was decommissioned; the next year, she too was converted into a barracks ship and renamed
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underwent an extensive modernization in preparation for her service as a training ship for naval cadets and later
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between Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. After returning to Germany, she was overhauled and received a new gun battery.
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had badly deteriorated by 1906, at which point she was reduced to a stationary training vessel. In 1907,
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in even mild winds and they were difficult to maneuver. They lost a significant amount of speed in a
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to supplement their steam engines on overseas cruising missions, but this was later reduced, and
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478:
468:
462:
442:
436:
426:
416:
395:
377:
333:
317:
169:: 2,994 to 3,386
58:Norddeutsche Schiffbau
31:
2442:Warship International
1758:
1672:
1569:
1455:
1314:
1185:
974:
823:(2,302 to 2,948
782:
331:built for the German
215:(2,302 to 2,948
1684:SMS Gneisenau (1879)
1611:South Georgia Island
1392:In the early 1900s,
1342:Generalfeldmarschall
389:to supplement their
76:Imperial German Navy
2223:, pp. 181–185.
2211:, pp. 208–210.
2199:, pp. 206–208.
2187:, pp. 107–110.
2142:, pp. 106–107.
2130:, pp. 195–197.
2118:, pp. 192–195.
1860:, pp. 136–137.
1848:, pp. 116–117.
1785:, all of the other
1725:maneuvers in 1895,
1320:in heavy seas with
1267:Karl Eduard Heusner
1231:scramble for Africa
1192:in the Indian Ocean
1155:AG Vulcan, Stettin
1002:
795:marine steam engine
602:Franco-Prussian War
414:through the 1880s.
245:marine steam engine
2094:, pp. 52, 58.
1766:
1680:
1577:
1499:Sultan of Zanzibar
1473:East Asia Squadron
1458:
1379:Alfred von Tirpitz
1329:SMS Blücher (1877)
1325:
1245:German East Africa
1219:War of the Pacific
1194:
1161:14 September 1879
1001:Construction data
1000:
998:
918:had fourteen, and
791:
607:Kaiserliche Marine
604:of 1870–1871, the
585:Kaiserliche Marine
456:War of the Pacific
452:German East Africa
434:in 1884, and she,
335:Kaiserliche Marine
2694:
2693:
2584:
2583:
2432:978-1-68247-745-8
2403:978-1-55750-745-7
2384:978-0-85177-133-5
2361:978-0-253-35593-5
2250:978-0-87021-790-6
2082:, pp. 95–97.
2058:, pp. 70–75.
2046:, pp. 68–70.
1974:, pp. 44–45.
1581:SMS Moltke (1877)
1532:Mediterranean Sea
1278:Otto von Bismarck
1168:
1167:
1140:4 September 1879
1109:Kaiserliche Werft
1067:21 December 1878
995:Alexander Kircher
870:The ships of the
821:metric horsepower
809:fire-tube boilers
644:The ships of the
591:ironclad warships
500:Mediterranean Sea
312:
311:
302:quick-firing guns
224:fire-tube boilers
213:metric horsepower
95:Succeeded by
35:at anchor in 1893
2714:
2611:
2604:
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2588:
2587:
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1397:
1359:
1346:(Field Marshal)
1345:
1337:
1319:
1292:
1263:Eduard von Knorr
1256:
1249:Samoan Civil War
1238:
1228:
1206:
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849:
839:
806:
788:
783:An unidentified
762:
744:
738:
732:
726:
674:(2,712 to 2,811
652:At the waterline
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635:
622:
616:
609:
588:
559:
553:
547:
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531:
518:was wrecked off
517:
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493:
487:
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471:
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445:
439:
429:
419:
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380:
338:
321:-class corvettes
320:
173:(2,947 to 3,333
74:
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2717:
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2412:Further reading
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1575:in 1898 in Kiel
1564:
1507:
1464:
1450:
1352:Napoleonic Wars
1331:
1309:
1210:Society Islands
1200:
1180:
1173:
1171:Service history
1164:3 October 1880
1143:3 October 1880
1091:8 October 1877
1049:27 August 1878
993:under sail, by
969:
868:
799:screw propeller
789:-class corvette
777:
670:2,756 to 2,856
642:
640:Characteristics
574:
239:screw propeller
211:2,334 to 2,989
206:Installed power
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2165:
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2108:
2096:
2084:
2072:
2060:
2048:
2036:
2034:, p. 181.
2024:
2022:, p. 206.
2012:
2010:, p. 106.
2000:
1998:, p. 192.
1988:
1976:
1961:
1949:
1947:, p. 251.
1928:
1901:
1886:
1874:
1872:, p. 170.
1862:
1850:
1837:
1835:
1832:
1768:Main article:
1752:
1747:
1682:Main article:
1666:
1661:
1579:Main article:
1563:
1558:
1460:Main article:
1449:
1444:
1327:Main article:
1308:
1303:
1274:naval register
1257:served as the
1196:Main article:
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1094:10 March 1878
1092:
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1088:November 1875
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1064:20 March 1877
1062:
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1044:
1043:November 1875
1041:
1028:
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1019:
1016:
1013:
1010:
1007:
975:A painting of
968:
965:
886:breech-loading
867:
864:
834:As built, the
829:nautical miles
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715:training ships
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2419:Dodson, Aidan
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2319:3-7822-0237-6
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2296:3-7822-0211-2
2292:
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2275:
2273:9783782202107
2269:
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2238:
2237:Gröner, Erich
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2105:
2100:
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2070:, p. 75.
2069:
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2033:
2028:
2021:
2016:
2009:
2004:
1997:
1992:
1986:, p. 95.
1985:
1980:
1973:
1968:
1966:
1959:, p. 70.
1958:
1953:
1946:
1941:
1939:
1937:
1935:
1933:
1926:, p. 44.
1925:
1920:
1918:
1916:
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1899:, p. 69.
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1817:
1810:
1809:Schiffsjungen
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1695:'Urabi revolt
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1523:Schiffsjungen
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1481:Pacific Ocean
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2003:
1991:
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1338:, named for
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1280:, with whom
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1198:SMS Bismarck
1186:Painting of
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1149:
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1100:
1073:
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1024:
989:
983:
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912:had twelve,
869:
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792:
719:naval cadets
712:
656:long overall
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474:naval cadets
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409:
403:testing and
391:steam engine
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163:Displacement
99:
86:
18:
2158:17 November
1828:World War I
1528:West Indies
1424:suffered a
1409:Württemberg
1387:battleships
1061:March 1876
708:engine room
698:to prevent
672:metric tons
566:World War I
496:West Indies
285:386 sailors
282:18 officers
268:2,380
82:Preceded by
2230:References
1462:SMS Stosch
1375:Baltic Sea
1285:Wilhelm II
1265:and later
1137:June 1877
1119:July 1875
1018:Completed
1012:Laid down
753:, and two
706:below the
700:biofouling
600:After the
277:Complement
232:Propulsion
2685:Charlotte
2535:Gneisenau
2454:0043-0374
1770:SMS Stein
1740:into the
1728:Gneisenau
1721:Gneisenau
1718:In 1887,
1707:Gneisenau
1700:Gneisenau
1690:Gneisenau
1675:Gneisenau
1664:Gneisenau
1615:Royal Bay
1592:laid down
1400:Flensburg
1299:broken up
1132:Gneisenau
1080:AG Vulcan
1015:Launched
990:Gneisenau
915:Gneisenau
906:had ten,
775:Machinery
730:Gneisenau
680:full load
676:long tons
668:displaced
579:corvettes
562:broken up
515:Gneisenau
512:in 1891.
479:Gneisenau
437:Gneisenau
424:in 1882.
366:Gneisenau
329:corvettes
175:long tons
167:Full load
124:Completed
119:1878–1910
111:1875–1880
64:Operators
50:AG Vulcan
2701:Category
2662:Bismarck
2507:Bismarck
2493:Bismarck
2239:(1990).
1882:Sondhaus
1858:Sondhaus
1846:Sondhaus
1788:Bismarck
1733:schooner
1713:Wituland
1495:Zanzibar
1290:Bismarck
1259:flagship
1254:Bismarck
1236:Bismarck
1226:Bismarck
1204:Bismarck
1189:Bismarck
1177:Bismarck
1025:Bismarck
1009:Builder
952:Bismarck
927:Bismarck
891:Bismarck
873:Bismarck
866:Armament
860:head sea
837:Bismarck
786:Bismarck
765:launches
755:dinghies
692:sheathed
647:Bismarck
633:Bismarck
620:Bismarck
614:Bismarck
505:Bismarck
498:and the
448:Wituland
427:Bismarck
378:Bismarck
342:Bismarck
318:Bismarck
292:Armament
140:Scrapped
46:Builders
2654:Leipzig
2646:Ariadne
2638:Augusta
2558:Leipzig
2514:Blücher
1782:Blücher
1652:Acheron
1596:sisters
1479:in the
1431:Blücher
1421:Blücher
1415:Blücher
1395:Blücher
1373:in the
1357:Blücher
1350:of the
1335:Blücher
1317:Blücher
1306:Blücher
1241:Kamerun
1084:Stettin
1056:Blücher
959:in her
945:Blücher
933:Blücher
921:Blücher
884:(cal.)
882:caliber
878:battery
847:Blücher
804:Blücher
769:pinnace
760:Blücher
747:cutters
742:Blücher
626:Leipzig
557:Acheron
529:Blücher
463:Blücher
432:Kamerun
401:torpedo
396:Blücher
383:battery
348:Blücher
327:of six
323:were a
87:Leipzig
2670:Carola
2630:Nymphe
2567:Carola
2528:Moltke
2521:Stosch
2452:
2429:
2400:
2381:
2358:
2339:
2316:
2293:
2270:
2247:
1972:Gröner
1924:Gröner
1803:Stosch
1737:Málaga
1646:Moltke
1641:U-boat
1635:Moltke
1629:Stosch
1601:Moltke
1587:Moltke
1572:Moltke
1561:Moltke
1537:Stosch
1517:Stosch
1504:Stosch
1490:Stosch
1468:Stosch
1447:Stosch
1426:boiler
1404:Mürwik
1282:Kaiser
1214:Samoan
1115:Danzig
1101:Moltke
1074:Stosch
987:, and
978:Stosch
903:Moltke
897:Stosch
888:guns;
856:leeway
852:rudder
813:funnel
767:, one
749:, two
572:Design
551:Moltke
535:Stosch
520:Málaga
491:Stosch
488:, and
485:Moltke
443:Stosch
440:, and
417:Moltke
375:. The
369:, and
360:Moltke
354:Stosch
182:Length
100:Carola
73:
56:, and
2672:class
2664:class
2656:class
2648:class
2640:class
2632:class
2569:class
2560:class
2542:Stein
2331:[
2308:[
2285:[
2262:[
2092:Kelly
1834:Notes
1823:Stein
1816:Stein
1798:'
1794:Stein
1776:Stein
1761:Stein
1750:Stein
1554:scrap
1508:'
1487:took
1366:Blitz
1362:aviso
1158:1878
1150:Stein
1006:Ship
984:Stein
967:Ships
909:Stein
817:knots
751:yawls
694:with
684:hulls
664:draft
628:class
545:Stein
540:scrap
522:in a
469:Stein
372:Stein
325:class
265:Range
258:knots
253:Speed
198:Draft
108:Built
102:class
89:class
32:Stein
2678:Nixe
2450:ISSN
2427:ISBN
2398:ISBN
2379:ISBN
2356:ISBN
2337:ISBN
2314:ISBN
2291:ISBN
2268:ISBN
2245:ISBN
2160:2017
1945:Lyon
1742:mole
1550:hulk
1530:and
1440:Vigo
1436:hulk
1371:Kiel
1208:the
1039:Kiel
900:and
696:zinc
688:iron
660:beam
524:gale
466:and
314:The
243:1 ×
237:1 ×
222:4 ×
190:Beam
153:Type
132:Lost
2446:LIX
1609:to
1493:to
1438:in
961:bow
825:ihp
577:of
270:nmi
217:ihp
2703::
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1964:^
1931:^
1904:^
1889:^
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1598:,
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