SMS Frundsberg
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The Frundsberg was an Austria Hungarian corvette built by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino.
History
It was first laid out on June 19, 1871 and launched on February 11, 1873. It was officially commissioned October 1, 1873 and its last time out was on January 1, 1905.[1] The ship had one smokestack and three square-rigged masts.[2]
References
- ↑ "Frundsberg". Naval History. http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/311442/8330/a0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ↑ "Arrival of the Corvette Frundsberg, Used as a Training Ship.". New York Times. June 5, 1893. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9500E6D61F3FEF33A25756C0A9609C94629ED7CF. Retrieved 2008-12-15. "In the North River, off the foot of West Fortysecond Street, there lies anchored a queer, oldfashioned looking war vessel with one smokestack and three towering square-rigged masts."