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Carola

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Carola		87	Vulcan, Stettin	1879	27.11.1880	1.9.1881	TS 1893, discarded 10.1905
Olga		88	Vulcan, Stettin	1879	11.12.1880	10.9.1881	TS, discarded 6.1905
Marie		332	Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1880	20.8.1881	12.9.1882	TS 1895, discarded 10.1904
Sophie			Danzig KW	1879	10.11.1881	10.8.1882	TS 1883, barrack ship 5.1908

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2147
Displacement full, t	2424
Length, m	76.4 oa 70.6 wl
Breadth, m	12.5
Draught, m	4.98 mean 6.08 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	Carola, Olga: 1 HC, 8 cylindrical boilers Marie, Sophie: 1 HC, 6 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2100
Max speed, kts	13.5
Fuel, t	coal 350
Endurance, nm(kts)	3420(10)
Armament	10 x 1 - 149/20 RK L/22 C/72, 2 x 1 - 87/22 RK L/24 C/82, 6 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30
Complement	269

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Project history

The basic design of this class dated from 1875, so they were obsolescent even when they were laid down. Marie and Sophie had single funnels, the rest two each, while the last pair were rigged as ships, unlike their barque-rigged sisters.

Modernizations

1889, Olga: was armed only with 2 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 10 x 1 - 7.9/79

1893, Carola: - 4 x 1 - 149/20, 2 x 1 - 87/22, 6 x 5 - 37/17; + 2 x 1 - 105/32 SK L/35 C/91, 8 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 2 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92

1893, Marie; 1895, Sophie: - 2 x 1 - 87/22; + 2 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/27, up to 4 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30

Naval service

With their wood and copper sheathing they spent the early years of their service lives overseas. In 1893 Carola became an artillery training ship, and in 1889 Olga was converted to a school ship. Marie and Sophie served for a while as school ships. Sophie was not broken up till 1921.