Name SMS Amazone Laid down 1842 Construction started 1842 Length 33 m Displacement 390,000 kg | Ordered 1839 Commissioned 19 May 1844 Launched 24 June 1843 Weight 390 tons Builder Carmesins Werft | |
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Refit Königliche Werft Danzig, 1852 Fate Sunk 14 November 1861 off the coast of the Netherlands | ||
SMS Amazone was a three-masted sail corvette (caravel) of the Prussian Navy (Preußische Marine). Her keel was laid down in Grabow near Stettin in 1842 and she was launched on 24 June 1843. Amazone sank in a storm on 14 November 1861 off the coast of the Netherlands with 107 dead.
Amazone was modelled on the French corvette Diligente, with a ship displacement of 370 tonnes and a length overall of 44 metres (144 ft). She had a complement of 145 men and was armed with twelve Swedish 18-pounders.
The ship served as a training vessel for Prussian naval officers of the Navigation School in Danzig, therefore it came under the Ministry of Finance rather than the Ministry of War. Nevertheless, she flew the Prussian war flag.
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