Talk:SMS Hansa (1872)

Imperial dockyard
The article stated that the ship was laid down in the Imperial dockyard in Danzig in 1868. There was no German empire in 1868 and therefore there couldn't have been an imperial dockyard. According to the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig article, it was renamed in 1871 from Royal to Imperial, but this article completely lacks sources. Calistemon (talk) 12:35, 25 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Gröner does say "Royal/Imperial Dockyard," so it should be fine. Good catch on this. Parsecboy (talk) 13:33, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Photo
here. Parsecboy (talk) 19:57, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Armament arrangement
Article says; "The guns were placed in a two-story arrangement amidships; four were mounted in a broadside casemate, two on either side of the ship. The other four guns were mounted in casemates on the corners of the lower casemate, which gave the ship a degree of end-on fire capability."

The line drawing and photograpgh seem to show the reverse; broadside guns on the lower deck and corner guns on the upper. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2404:4404:1408:CE00:4C7F:70E:54E1:3C2 (talk) 09:20, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Right, that's what the text says. The corner guns were mounted "on the corners of the lower casemate..." Parsecboy (talk) 15:41, 19 May 2023 (UTC)