SMS Albatross (1871)

SMS Albatross was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy launched and commissioned in 1871. SMS Nautilus (1871) soon followed as her sister ship. She served as a gunboat overseas until she became a survey vessel in 1888. Struck from the list on 9 January 1899, she was sold and used as a collier until she foundered in a storm in March 1906.