SMS Habsburg
 A member of the Habsburg class
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Austria–Hungary | |
| Name | Habsburg |
| Namesake | Habsburg |
| Builder | STT |
| Laid down | 13 March 1899 |
| Launched | 09 Sept. 1900 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Habsburg class |
| Displacement | 8232 tons |
| Length | 114.57m |
| Beam | 19.86m |
| Draft | 7.46m |
| Propulsion | 15,063 iHP; 16 Belleville boilers; 4cyl VTE; 2 shafts |
| Speed | 19.62 kts |
| Range | 3,600 nm @ 12 kts / 800 ts coal |
| Complement | 638 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 3 x 24cm/40 cal. Krupp C97 guns 12 x 15cm/40 cal. Krupp C96 guns 10 x 7cm/45 cal Skoda guns 6 x 4.7cm/44 cal Skoda QF guns 2 x 4.7cm/33 cal Skoda QF guns 2 x 45cm torpedo tubes |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) Belt: 180-220mm Turrets & Casemates: 210-280mm CT: 200mm Deck: 40mm |
SMS Habsburg was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian navy in 1899. The lead ship of the Habsburg class, and was launched on 09 September 1900. The ship displaced 8232 tons, Design load, 8823 tons, Full load .[1]
Service history
In 1910–11, the ship, along with her sistership Árpád, had one of their superstructure decks removed to reduce weight. During the First World War, the ship served in the 4th Division with her two sisterships; all three participated in the bombardment of Ancona after the Italian declaration of war on the Central Powers. Towards the end of the war, the ship was decommissioned and was retained as a harbor defense ship. Following the end of the war, the ship was awarded to Great Britain as a war prize, but was instead sold and broken up for scrapping in Italy in 1921.[1]
Footnotes
References
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860-1905. Annapolis: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851771335.