Name SMS Albatross Commissioned 23 December 1871 Launched 11 March 1871 Builder Kaiserliche Werft Danzig | Namesake albatross Struck 9 January 1899 Beam 8.32 m | |
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Fate foundered in storm, March 1906 Displacement 786 metric tons (774 long tons; 866 short tons) | ||
SMS Albatross was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy launched and commissioned in 1871. SMS Nautilus soon followed as her sister ship. She served as a gunboat overseas until she became a survey vessel in 1888. Struck from the list on 9 January 1899, she was sold and used as a collier until she foundered in a storm in March 1906.
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