Name SMS Frauenlob Laid down 1849 Commissioned 1 May 1856 Launched 24 August 1855 Weight 305 tons | Cost 43.000 Thaler Sponsored by German Women Construction started 1849 Length 32 m Builder Wolgast | |
Fate Sunk in a typhoon off Yokohama, 2 September 1860 | ||
SMS Frauenlob ("Praise of Women") was a Prussian naval schooner. The first German naval vessel of that name, she was financed largely by voluntary contributions of German women following the German Revolution of 1848. The keel for Frauengabe (Women's gift) was laid down in 1849 and she was launched on 24 August 1855 in Wolgast as Frauenlob. She was commissioned on 1 May 1856. In 1859, Frauenlob participated in the Eulenburg Expedition and was lost on 2 September 1860 in a typhoon off Yokohama with all hands. Her name was later taken by the light cruiser SMS Frauenlob of 1902 and SMS Frauenlob of 1918.
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