SMS Danzig (1851)
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SMS Danzig[lower-alpha 1] was a paddle corvette of the Prussian Navy. She was the lead warship during the Battle of Tres Forcas in 1856, one of the first examples of Prussian gunboat diplomacy. She was later decommissioned from the Prussian Navy and served in the navy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate as the Kaiten (Japanese: 回天) from 1864 until 1869, and then briefly with the breakaway Ezo Republic until her destruction later the same year.
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Illustration of Kaiten Maru | |
History | |
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Prussia | |
Name | Danzig |
Ordered | 15 March 1850 |
Laid down | 1850 |
Completed | June 1853 |
Commissioned | 12 July 1851 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1860 |
Stricken | 1 September 1862 |
Fate | Sold, 1864? |
Tokugawa shogunate | |
Acquired | 1864 |
Renamed | Kaiten Maru (回天丸) |
Republic of Ezo | |
Acquired | 1869 |
Fate | Destroyed by fire, 20 June 1869 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Paddle frigate |
Displacement | 1,920 t (1,890 long tons) |
Length | 75.66 m (248 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in) |
Installed power | 400 ihp (300 kW) |
Propulsion | Marine steam engine |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Speed | 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
Complement | 153 |
Armament | 10 68-pounder bombards |
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