SMS Amazone (1843) explained
SMS Amazone was a three-masted
sail corvette (
caravel) of the
Prussian Navy (
German: 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.
[1] She was reported to have collided with an
East Indiaman, which rescued the three survivors.
[2] [3] Among the dead were "almost all" of the naval cadets being trained to officer the fleet.
[4] Amazone was modelled on the, with a ship displacement of 370 tonnes and a length overall of . She had a complement of 145 men and was armed with twelve Swedish 18-pounders.[1]
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.[1]
External links
Notes and References
- Deutsche Militärgeschichte 1648-1939, Vol. VIII, p.45
- News: Prussia . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 3 January 1862 . 4336 .
- News: The Prussian Corvette Amazon . Sheffield Independent . Sheffield. 4 January 1862 . 2258 . 5 .
- Book: von Tirpitz . Alfred . My Memoirs (Volumes I & II) . 1919 . Dodd Mead & Company . New York .
