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SMS Preussischer Adler was a paddle steamer built in the mid-1840s for commercial use. Requisitioned by the Prussian Navy during the First Schleswig War in 1848 she was converted into an aviso. During the war, she took part in an inconclusive action with the Danish brig St. Croix, the first naval battle of the Prussian fleet. After the war, she returned to her commercial role until 1862, when she was purchased by the Prussian Navy and rearmed. In company with two gunboats and a pair of Austrian steam frigates Preussischer Adler attacked a Danish force blockading the German North Sea ports during the Second Schleswig War. The resulting Battle of Heligoland in May 1864 was tactically inconclusive, but the Danes abandoned their blockade. During the Franco-Prussian War, the ship was the flagship of the Prussian Baltic Squadron, though she saw no action. She was decommissioned in 1877, and sunk as a target ship during experiments with torpedoes in 1879. (Full article...)
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Hi Parsecboy and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:15, 23 October 2020 (UTC)