SMS Albatross (1871)

For other ships with the same name, see SMS Albatross.

History
Etching of SMS Albatross by H.Penner
German Empire
Name:	SMS Albatross
Namesake:	albatross
Builder:	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Launched:	11 March 1871
Commissioned:	23 December 1871
Struck:	9 January 1899
Fate:	foundered in storm, March 1906
General characteristics
Displacement:	786 metric tons (774 long tons; 866 short tons)
Length:	56.95 metres (186.8 ft) o/a
Beam:	8.32 metres (27.3 ft)
Draught:	3.62 metres (11.9 ft)-3.75 metres (12.3 ft)
Propulsion:	2 steam engines with 491 indicated horsepower (366 kW)
Sail plan:	710 square metres (7,600 sq ft)
Speed:	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Range:	1,270 nautical miles (2,350 km; 1,460 mi) @ 10 kn
Complement:	5 officers, 98 men
Armament:	2 built-up guns 15 L/22 2 built-up guns 12 L/33

SMS Albatross was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy launched and commissioned in 1871. SMS Nautilus soon followed as her sister ship. She served as a gunboat overseas until she became a survey vessel in 1888. Struck from the list on 9 January 1899, she was sold and used as a collier until she foundered in a storm in March 1906.

Albatross sometime in the 1880s

References

Erich Gröner, Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote = Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 Vol.I, Bernard & Graefe, 1982, ISBN 3-7637-4800-8, p. 162

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1906

Shipwrecks	12 Jan: Itata 21 Jan: Aquidabã 22 Jan: Valencia 24 Jan: Regulator 27 Jan: Agnes 13 Mar: Olympian 18 Mar: Athen March (unknown date): SMS Albatross 30 May: HMS Montagu 4 Aug: Sirio 24 Aug: Princess 13 Sep: Oregon 18 Sep: HMS Phoenix 25 Sep: Columbian 25 Oct: Peter Iredale 9 Nov: Lurline 18 Nov: Dix 6 Dec: Monarch 16 Dec: Prinzessin Victoria Luise Unknown date: Ina Mactavish, Polly

Other incidents	1 Feb: Columbia 12 Mar: Kate 30 Apr: HMS A10, HMS Empress of India June (unknown date): HMS Ramillies, HMS Resolution 30 Sep: Advance, Tuncurry

1905 1907

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