SMS Mars (1879)
Mars in 1894 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mars |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven |
| Laid down | 1877 |
| Launched | 15 November 1879 |
| Commissioned | 1 March 1881 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3,542 t (3,486 long tons) |
| Length | 85.3 m (280 ft) |
| Beam | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Draft | 5.92 m (19.4 ft) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Marine steam engine |
| Speed | 11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph) |
| Complement | 344–474 |
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SMS Mars was an artillery training ship of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), built in the late 1870s.