Hamburg (ship, 1841)

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Hamburg
The Hamburg in a contemporary representation
The Hamburg in a contemporary representation
Ship data
flag German ConfederationGerman Confederation (war flag) German Confederation
Ship type Paddle steamer
Shipyard Bernhard Wencke, Bremen
Launch April 6, 1841
Whereabouts Wrecked in July 1859
Ship dimensions and crew
length
53.34 m ( Lüa )
48 m ( KWL )
width 6.9 m
over wheel arches: 12.1 m
Draft Max. 3.4 m
displacement 380  t
 
crew 120 men
Machine system
machine 2 suitcase boiler
2 1-cyl steam engines
Machine
performance 		700 hp (515 kW)
Top
speed 		8 kn (15 km / h)
propeller 2 side wheels
Rigging and rigging
Rigging Brigantine
Number of masts 2
Armament
  • 1 × 56 pounder
  • 1 × 32 pounder
  • 2 × 18 pounder bomb cannons

The Radkorvette Hamburg was a warship of the German Confederation .

The ship was built in Bremen in 1841 as a paddle steamer for passengers and cargo .

At the beginning of the Schleswig-Holstein War in 1848 , a German fleet was to be built. On June 23, 1848, the Hanseatische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft sold the ship to the shipping and port deputation for the deployment of the Hamburg flotilla . On October 15, 1848, the Hamburg was taken over by the German Imperial Fleet and put into service on December 15, 1848.

On June 4, 1849, she took part in the naval battle near Heligoland , the only one under the black, red and gold flag to date.

After the end of the Reichsflotte in 1852, the Hamburg was sold on December 12, 1852 to General Steam Navigation Co Ltd in London and sailed there as a merchant ship Denmark from March 1853 until it was scrapped in July 1859.

Data (as wheel corvette):

  • Length: 53.34 m
  • Width: hull: 6.9 m, over wheel arches: 12.1 m
  • Draft: 2.9 - 3.4 m
  • Displacement: 390 t
  • Drive: 2 boilers, two steam engines, 700 HP, side wheels; also sails
  • Speed: 8 kn (under steam)
  • Crew: 100-120 men
  • Armament: 1 × 56 pounder, 1 × 32 pounder, 2 × 18 pounder bomb cannons

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