SMS Moltke (1877) - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Name SMS Moltke Completed 16 April 1878 Launched 18 October 1877 Weight 3,089 tons Beam 14 m		Laid down 1875 Construction started 1875 Length 82 m Draft 6.3 m Builder Kaiserliche Werft Danzig

Namesake Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Fate Sold for scrap, 7 July 1920 Class and type Bismarck-class corvette

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SMS Moltke was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s. The ship was named after Prussian Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder and served as training vessel for cadets and midshipmen and made numerous voyages abroad.

On 28 October 1911, Moltke was renamed Acheron. A new battlecruiser had been commissioned on 30 September 1911 to carry the distinguished name Moltke in the Imperial Navy. Acheron was reclassified and converted to serve as hulk for U-boat crews at the Kiel naval base. The hulk Acheron was broken up in 1920.

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