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  Kronprinz  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Kronprinz			Samuda Bros, London, UK	1866	6.5.1867	17.9.1867	hulk 8.1901

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	6197
Displacement full, t	6760
Length, m	88.2 wl 89.4 oa
Breadth, m	15.2
Draught, m	7.85
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HSE, 8 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	4870
Max speed, kts	14.7
Fuel, t	coal 646
Endurance, nm(kts)	3220(10)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 124 - 76, battery: 121 - 114, CT: 50
Armament	2 x 1 - 209/20 RKL/22.5 C/68, 14 x 1 - 209/17 RKL/19 C/67
Complement	541

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Project history

Though she was built on the Thames to a design by Edward Reed, Kronprinz was broadly similar to her French-built contemporary Friedrich Carl. The main points of difference were the British design's less prominent ram and two funnels. Ship was originally intended for thirty-two 72pdrs, only some of which would have been inside her central protected battery.

Ship protection

Main wrought iron belt had 254mm wooden back and was 124-114mm-thick under the battery, tapered to 114mm fore and 76mm aft. Battery had 121mm sides amidships, tapered to 114mm fore and aft and backed by 254mm teak layer, and 9mm roof. CT had 50mm sides and 30mm roof.

Modernizations

1881: + 6 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 5 - 350 TT (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)

Naval service

Kronprinz was converted to machinery hulk in August 1901 and sold only in October, 1921.