SMS Hansa

SMS Hansa  was a German ironclad warship built in 1868–1875. She was the first ironclad built in Germany; all previous German ironclads had been built in foreign shipyards. She was named after the Hanseatic League, known in Germany simply as Hanse, Latinized Hansa. The ship was launched in October 1872 and commissioned into the German Imperial Navy in May 1875. Designed as for coastal bombardment, Hansa was classed as an armored corvette and armed with eight 21 cm (8.3 in) guns in a central battery.

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length 73.5 metre, speed 12.7 knot, draft 6.8 metre, beam 14.1 metre, 
ironclad warship, Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, Imperial German Navy, 

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1875-05-19T00:00:00Z

1875-05-19T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1872-10-26T00:00:00Z

1872-10-26T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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SMS Hansa (1872)

SMS Hansa (1872)

Blick vom Turm der Garnisonkirche am Niemannsweg auf das Ostufer (Kiel 44.681)

Blick vom Turm der Garnisonkirche am Niemannsweg auf das Ostufer (Kiel 44.681)

SMS Hansa

SMS Hansa

Line drawing of SMS Hansa

Line drawing of SMS Hansa

Fig. 37. Hansa cropped

Fig. 37. Hansa cropped

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
commons	image		SMS Hansa (1872)		Commons
commons	image		SMS Hansa (1872)		Commons
commons	image		Blick vom Turm der Garnisonkirche am Niemannsweg auf das Ostufer (Kiel 44.681)		Commons
commons	image		Blick vom Turm der Garnisonkirche am Niemannsweg auf das Ostufer (Kiel 44.681)		Commons
commons	image		SMS Hansa		Commons
commons	image		SMS Hansa		Commons
commons	image		Line drawing of SMS Hansa		Commons
commons	image		Line drawing of SMS Hansa		Commons
commons	image		Fig. 37. Hansa cropped		Commons
commons	image		Fig. 37. Hansa cropped		Commons