SMS Medusa (1864)
SMS Medusa was a steam corvette built for the Prussian Navy in the 1860s. She was the second and final member of the Nymphe class, ordered as part of a naval expansion program to counter the Danish Navy over the disputed ownership of Schleswig and Holstein. Medusa was laid down in February 1862, was launched in October 1864, and was completed in September 1865. She had one sister ship, Nymphe, and the vessels were wooden-hulled ships armed with a battery of sixteen guns.
primaryTopic
SMS Medusa (1864)
SMS Medusa was a steam corvette built for the Prussian Navy in the 1860s. She was the second and final member of the Nymphe class, ordered as part of a naval expansion program to counter the Danish Navy over the disputed ownership of Schleswig and Holstein. Medusa was laid down in February 1862, was launched in October 1864, and was completed in September 1865. She had one sister ship, Nymphe, and the vessels were wooden-hulled ships armed with a battery of sixteen guns.
length (mm)
has abstract
SMS Medusa was a steam corvett ...... , when she was sold for scrap.
@en
commissioning date
1867-04-10
laying down
1862-02-06
length (μ)
power type
ship beam (μ)
displacement (g)
ship draft (μ)
ship launched
1864-10-20
status
Broken up, 1891
top speed (kmh)
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
58,068,030
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,017,092,890
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
image alt
Black and white illustration of Medusa's sister ship Nymphe
@en
Ship armament
*10 × 36-pounder guns
*6 × 12-pounder guns
@en
Ship builder
Ship caption
Illustration of Medusas sister ship at the Battle of Jasmund, by Willy Stöwer
@en
Ship commissioned
1867-04-10
Ship crew
*14 officers
*176 sailors
@en
Ship displacement
Full load:
@en
Ship fate
Broken up, 1891
@en
Ship image
@en
Ship laid down
1862-02-06
Ship launched
1864-10-20
Ship name
Medusa
@en
Ship namesake
Ship power
*4 × fire-tube boilers
*
@en
Ship propulsion
*1 × marine steam engine
*1 × screw propeller
@en
Ship range
at
@en
Ship struck
1881-04-05
wikiPageUsesTemplate
comment
SMS Medusa was a steam corvett ...... ith a battery of sixteen guns.
@en
label
SMS Medusa (1864)
@en
sameAs
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Medusa
@en