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|Ship country=[[Duchy of Schleswig|Schleswig]]-[[Duchy of Holstein|Holstein]]
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|Ship name=Von der Tann
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|Ship namesake= [[Ludwig von der Tann]]
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|Ship builder=Hilbert Shipyard, [[Kiel]]; Bernitt Shipyard, [[Neustadt in Holstein]]{{sfn|Gröner|1982|p=157}}
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|Ship laid down=1848{{sfn|Gröner|1982|p=157}}
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|Ship renamed=Støren{{sfn|Gröner|1982|p=157}}
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|Ship fate=beached in action with Danish warships off Neustadt in Holstein in 1850; salvaged and rebuilt; surrendered to Danish Navy; in service as ''Støren'' until 1860{{sfn|Gröner|1982|p=158}}
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|Ship tons burthen={{convert|120|t|abbr=on}} (rebuilt)
|Ship length=*{{convert|25.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (original design)
*{{convert|31.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (rebuilt)
|Ship beam=*{{convert|4.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (original design)
*{{convert|5.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (rebuilt)
|Ship draught={{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship hold depth={{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=1 × two-cylinder expansion steam engine with {{convert|150|ihp|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=1 officer, 28 men
|Ship armament= 2 × 60-pounder smooth-bore bomb cannons
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'''''Von der Tann''''' was a steam-powered 120 ton [[gunboat]] built in 1849 at Conradi shipyards in [[Kiel]] for the small joint navy of the two duchies of [[Duchy of Schleswig|Schleswig]] and [[Duchy of Holstein|Holstein]]. She was the first propeller-driven gunboat in the world.
== History ==
During the [[First War of Schleswig]], 1848–1850 between [[Denmark]] and the two [[Duchy|duchies]], the Schleswig-Holstein navy comprised three [[paddlewheeler]]s with sail rigging, a [[schooner]] and 12 gunboats; their task was to protect the coast against Danish raids.
[[File:Schleswig-Holsteinisches Kanonenboot VON DER TANN 1849. Gemälde von Lüder Arenhold 1891.jpg|thumb|300px|left|''Von der Tann'' 1849. Painting by [[Lüder Arenhold]], 1891]]
Initially called Gunboat No. 1, ''Von der Tann'' was the most modern of these ships. Her [[Marine steam engine|steam engine]], built by [[August Howaldt]] at [[Howaldtswerke|Schweffel und Howaldt's]] works in Kiel, gave her {{convert|36|hp}} and a top speed (under steam) of six knots. She carried the [[rigging]] of a three-mast schooner, with a very tall [[Funnel (ship)|funnel]] behind the main mast. Her armament comprised two 64-pounder guns mounted on [[Swivel gun|swivels]] fore and aft plus four three-pounder [[howitzer]]s.
[[File:Von der Tann i brand 25 juli 1850.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Vilhelm Melbye]]: ''Von der Tann'' aground at Neustadt. (The ''Hekla'' seen in the background)]]
During the night of 20/21 July 1850, ''Von der Tann'' had captured a Danish freighter in the [[bay of Lübeck]], but was not permitted to enter the neutral port of [[Travemünde]] which belonged to the Free [[Hanseatic League|Hanseatic]] City of [[Lübeck]]. When ''Von der Tann'' attempted to enter the port of [[Neustadt in Holstein]], she was engaged by Danish naval forces, the ships ''Heckla'' and ''Valkyren''. During the ensuing battle, ''Von der Tann'' accidentally [[ship grounding|ran aground]] just outside Neustadt harbor. The ship was abandoned and set on fire by her crew, but was later repaired and put back into service. In 1853, after the end of the First War of Schleswig, ''Von der Tann'' was taken over by the [[Danish navy]] and renamed ''Støren''. She was [[ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] and scrapped in 1862. The engine was reused in the gunboat ''[[HDMS Hauch (1862)|Hauch]]''.
== Legacy ==
A model and some pieces of wreckage are on display at the Ostholstein-Museum in Neustadt.
A later ship of the same name was the Imperial German [[battlecruiser]] {{SMS|Von der Tann}}. Both were named after the [[Bavaria]]n general [[Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen]] who, as a young officer, had organized and commanded the militia of Schleswig.
== References ==
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*{{cite book|first=Erich|last=Gröner|title=Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe, Schlachtschiffe, Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Kanonenboote|work=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945|volume=I|publisher=Bernard&Graefe|location=Munich|year=1982|isbn=3763748008}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.oh-museum.de/oh-museum/neustadt/tann.htm Dampfkanonenboot „von der Tann“]
* [http://www.geschichte.schleswig-holstein.de/vonabisz/flottille.htm Die schleswig-holsteinische Flottille] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050914080241/http://www.geschichte.schleswig-holstein.de/vonabisz/flottille.htm |date=2005-09-14 }}
* [http://www.geschichte.schleswig-holstein.de/vonabisz/erhebung.htm Die schleswig-holsteinische Erhebung gegen Dänemark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231052830/http://www.geschichte.schleswig-holstein.de/vonabisz/erhebung.htm |date=2005-12-31 }}
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[[Category:Bay of Lübeck]]