Bismarck class corvette

Stein at anchor in 1893
Class overview
Builders:	AG Vulcan, Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, and Norddeutsche Schiffbau
Operators:	Kaiserliche Marine
Preceded by:	Leipzig class
Succeeded by:	Carola class
Built:	1875–1880
In commission:	1878–1910
Completed:	6
Lost:	1
Scrapped:	5
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	2,947–3,332 t (2,900–3,279 long tons)
Length:	82.0–82.5 m (269 ft 0 in–270 ft 8 in)
Beam:	13.7 m (44 ft 11 in)
Draught:	6.18–6.3 m (20 ft 3 in–20 ft 8 in)
Installed power:	2,500 ihp (1,900 kW) 4 boilers
Propulsion:	1 shaft 1 × 3-cylinder marine steam engine
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range:	1,940 nmi (3,590 km; 2,230 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	404
Armament:	10–16 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 2 × 88 mm (3.5 in) quick-firing guns 6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 5-barreled guns

The Bismarck-class corvettes were a class of six corvettes built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the late 1870s.