List of ships in the Reichsflotte
Reichsflotte ago Bremerhaven, where they have a base had
The list of ships in the Reichsflotte includes all ships that belonged to the Reichsflotte of the German Reich or (from the end of 1849) the German Confederation from 1848 to 1852 . In 1852/1853 they were sold because no state in the German Confederation wanted to cover the costs of the fleet. Some of the ships were still in service with other fleets or privately owned for decades.
Ships
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Britannia , built by Robert Duncan in Greenock, Scotland, launched February 5, 1840 | Barbarossa , wooden frigate, paddle steamer | In the Prussian Navy since 1852 , then in the North German and Imperial Navy , decommissioned May 5, 1880 |
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Leeds , building at Johann Marbs , Hamburg , launched June 22, 1842 | Bremen , wooden corvette, paddle steamer, bought for the Hamburg flotilla June 23, 1848 | Sold to General Steam Navigation Company , London December 12, 1852; Hanover since March 1853; Dismantling February 1868 |
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Alfred , construction in Chittagong (East India), launched in 1818 | Germany , wooden frigate, full ship, made available to the Reichsflotte by the Hamburg Flotilla in 1848, sold to the Reichsflotte as a training ship December 21, 1848 | Sold to Roessingh & Mummy August 18, 1852, from the ship register 1858 (probably used by the Chinese Navy) |
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Gefion , construction at the New Royal Shipyard , Copenhagen | Eckernförde , wooden frigate, full ship, conquest of the Danish ship on April 5, 1849 | Transfer to the Prussian Navy May 11, 1852 (again Gefion ), North German Navy, Imperial Navy, decommissioned May 5, 1880, dismantling 1891 |
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Acadia , under construction at John Wood, Port Glasgow , launched April 1840 | Archduke Johann , wooden frigate, paddle steamer, commissioning of the imperial fleet December 15, 1848 | Sold to WA Fritze and Karl Lehmkuhl, Bremen, March 16, 1853; Germania since August 2, 1853; British transport ship in the Crimean War 1855/1856; Sale for scrapping to Mr. Marks, Greenwich, October 1857 |
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Cazique (cover name), built by William Patterson, Bristol , launched 1848 | Frankfurt , wooden corvette, commissioned in spring 1849 | Sold to General Steam Navigation Company, London December 12, 1852, Holland since March 1853; sold for scrapping December 1878 |
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Franklin , construction at JA Meyer, Lübeck , Bielbrief on October 7, 1835 | Franklin , wooden corvette, barque , provided by the Rob shipping company . M. Sloman September 13, 1848 | Returned to the shipping company on February 6, 1849; lost in 1872 |
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Inca (camouflage run), built by William Patterson, Bristol, launched 1848 | Grand Duke of Oldenburg , wooden corvette, paddle steamer, commissioned in spring 1849 | Sold to General Steam Navigation Company, London December 12, 1852; Belgium since March 1853 , established in London in July 1875, dismantled in 1877 |
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Hamburg , construction by Bernhard Wencke, Bremen , launched April 6, 1841 | Hamburg , wooden corvette, paddle steamer, commissioned December 15, 1848 | Sold to General Steam Navigation Company, London December 12, 1852; as Denmark dismantling July 1859 |
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United States , built by William Henry Webb , New York , launched August 20, 1847 | Hansa , wooden frigate, paddle steamer, bought by the Imperial Fleet on February 17, 1849; Commissioned as a flagship March 18, 1850 | Sold to WA Fritze and Karl Lehmkuhl, Bremen March 16, 1853; sunk May 4, 1866 |
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Cora (cover name), built by William Patterson, Bristol , launched 1848 | The Royal Ernst August , wooden corvette, paddle steamer, since October 1848 | Sold to General Steam Navigation Company , London December 12, 1852; Edinburgh since March 1853; lost in Varna (Bulgaria) ( Crimean War ) March 1855 |
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Robert Napier , construction at S. & H. Morton & Co. , Leith Launched 1844 | Lübeck , wooden corvette, paddle steamer | Sold to General Steam Navigation Company, London December 12, 1852; Established in March 1854; Scrapping October 1858 |
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Rowing gunboats
In the years 1848 and 1849, 27 rowing cannon boats ( cannon sloops ) were built at various shipyards on the Elbe, Ems and Weser. When the Reichsflotte was dissolved, they were sold to Bremen, boat No. 27 (the former St. Pauli of the Hamburg flotilla) to Lübeck.
See also
literature
- Arnold Kludas: The warships of the German Confederation 1848-1853 . In: Walther Hubatsch (Ed.): The first German fleet 1848-1853 , ES Mittler and Son, Herford / Bonn 1981, pp. 51-60
- Guntram Schulze-Wegener : Germany at sea. 150 years of naval history . ES Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg a. a. 1998
supporting documents
- ^ Arnold Kludas: The warships of the German Confederation 1848-1853 . In: Walther Hubatsch (Ed.): The first German fleet 1848-1853 , ES Mittler und Sohn, Herford / Bonn 1981, pp. 51–60, here p. 60.