SMS Novara (1913)
 The damaged Austrian cruiser Novara after the battle of the Otranto Straits, 15 May 1917. |
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| Career (Austro-Hungary) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Novara |
| Namesake: | Battle of Novara in 1849 |
| Laid down: | 1912 |
| Launched: | 1913 |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Thionville |
| Namesake: | Thionville |
| Decommissioned: | 1942 |
| Status: | scrapped 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Novara class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,380 tons (designed) 3,940 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 130.64 m (428.6 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.79 m (42.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 16 x Yarrow boilers, 6 x Parsons steam turbines 25,130 shp |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Complement: | 327 |
| Armament: | 9 × 10 cm (3.9 in) guns 1 × 7 cm (2.8 in) gun 6 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes |
SMS Novara[1] was a Novara class light cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy which served during World War I.[2]
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Construction [edit]
In 1912, the cruiser Novara[2] was constructed for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, of the improved Spaun class design. As a smaller cruiser, the four-funnel Novara had a displacement of 3,500 tons, a length of 424 feet, beam 42 feet, and a complement of 318 crew. It carried armament of nine 3.9 inch and one 47mm landing gun, plus four 17.7 inch torpedoes. Its power/speed was 25000 hp/27 knots, and it had an armour belt of 2.5 inches and deck armour of 0.75 inches.
Service history [edit]
Novara was the flagship of Admiral Miklós Horthy, later regent of Hungary. The vessel took part in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto on 14/15 May 1917, during which 14 Allied trawlers were sunk. Novara was slightly damaged when an Allied shell fractured one of its steam pipes, leading to a loss of power. She limped home.[3]
Novara was given to France following the end of World War I.[2] The ship was renamed Thionville and incorporated into the French fleet. The ship was scrapped in 1942.
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Notes [edit]
- ^ In German language for ship names, "SMS" means "Seiner Majestät Schiff" (in English: "His Majesty's Ship"). See more at: Kaiserliche Marine.
- ^ a b c "SMS Novara, Austrian Postal History" (mail ship & postmark), Stamp Domain, 2001-09-30, StampDomain.com webpage: StampDom-Novara.
- ^ Kemp, Peter, The Otranto Barrage, in History of the First World War, BPC Publishing Ltd., Bristol, 1971, p.2269.
References [edit]
- Greger, René (1976). Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0623-7.
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