Leipzig-class corvette

The Leipzig class was a group of two screw corvettes built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the 1870s. The two ships of the class were Leipzig and Prinz Adalbert; Prinz Adalbert was originally named Sedan after the Battle of Sedan, but was renamed shortly after entering service to avoid angering France. They were based on the earlier corvette Freya, but were significantly larger, carried a stronger armament, and unlike the wooden-hulled Ariadne-class corvettes, adopted iron construction, making them the first corvettes of the German fleet to be built with iron. Originally intended to serve abroad and with the fleet, British experiences during the Battle of Pacocha in 1877 convinced the German naval command that unarmored warships were useless against the fleets of ironclads being built by the European navies, and so Leipzig and Prinz Adalbert would be used only on foreign stations.

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1875 — 1877  Wikidata
speed 15.8 knot, draft 6.9 metre, length 87.5 metre, beam 14 metre, 
corvette, AG Vulcan Stettin, Imperial German Navy, 

SMS Prinz Adalbert, 

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  SMS Prinz Adalbert ⓘ
  1876 Leipzig-class corvette

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  SMS Leipzig ⓘ
  1875 Leipzig-class corvette

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1875 — 1877 Leipzig-class corvette

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1877 SMS Leipzig

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		SMS Prinz Adalbert	Leipzig-class corvette, steamboat	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1877	SMS Leipzig	kreuzerfregatte, covered corvette, Leipzig-class corvette	Wikidata