SMS König Wilhelm

SMS König Wilhelm  was an armored frigate of the Prussian and later the German Imperial Navy. The ship was laid down in 1865 at the Thames Ironworks shipyard in London, originally under the name Fatih for the Ottoman Empire. She was purchased by Prussia in February 1867, launched in April 1868, and commissioned into the Prussian Navy in February 1869. The ship was the fifth ironclad ordered by the Prussian Navy, after Arminius, Prinz Adalbert, Friedrich Carl, and Kronprinz. She was built as an armored frigate, armed with a main battery of sixteen 24 cm (9.4 in) and five 21 cm (8.3 in) guns; several smaller guns and torpedo tubes were added later in her career.

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Die Gartenlaube (1882) 628

Siegelmarke K. Marine Kommando S.M.S. König Wilhelm W0337628

Collision off Folkestone between Two German Ironclads, Rescue of Survivors from the Turret-Ship Grosser Kurfurst - ILN-1878-0608-0019

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0175, Panzerfregatte "SMS König Wilhelm"

SMS König Wilhelm at Gravesend

SMS König Wilhelm (1868)

German armoured frigate SMS König Wilhelm at anchor c1897

Die Gartenlaube (1882) b 628

Naval Events of the Year, 1878 - The Graphic 1878

The collision off Folkestone between two German Ironclads. The Konig Wilhem showing the damage to her bows - ILN-1878-0608-0001

• Das größte Kriegsschiff der Erde ein deutsches - German article in Die Gartenlaube, 1869, no. 17, German
• Die Entwickelung der Kriegsflotten - German article in Die Gartenlaube, 1882, no. 38, German

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Die Gartenlaube (1882) 628		Commons
commons	image		Siegelmarke K. Marine Kommando S.M.S. König Wilhelm W0337628		Commons
commons	image		Collision off Folkestone between Two German Ironclads, Rescue of Survivors from the Turret-Ship Grosser Kurfurst - ILN-1878-0608-0019		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0175, Panzerfregatte "SMS König Wilhelm"		Commons
commons	image		SMS König Wilhelm at Gravesend		Commons
commons	image		SMS König Wilhelm (1868)		Commons
commons	image		German armoured frigate SMS König Wilhelm at anchor c1897		Commons
commons	image		Die Gartenlaube (1882) b 628		Commons
commons	image		Naval Events of the Year, 1878 - The Graphic 1878		Commons
commons	image		The collision off Folkestone between two German Ironclads. The Konig Wilhem showing the damage to her bows - ILN-1878-0608-0001		Commons