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AUSTRIA- HUNGARY
the port-defeuc9 vessels, and including the ships actually in hand, the Austro- Hungarian fleet is thus constituted : —
—
Launched Dec. 1S97
Building
Battleships, 2nd class
1
1
3rd ,,
.
i
1
Port-Defence Ships (including the Danube
Monitors) .
8
—
Cruisers 1st Class .
1
—
,, 2nd ,,
3
—
,. 3rd „ .
8
2
Gun Boats, &e.
12
—
Torpedo Boats, 1st Class
32
—
2nd „ .
31
■ —
3rd ,, .
8
~
The following table shows the armour-clad ships of the Anstro-Hungarian navy in similar arrangement to that adopted for the British navy. The ships in italics are coast defence vessels. The numbers following the names of the others indicate the classes to which they have been assigned in the foregoing table. Abbreviations: — c. b. central battery; bar. barbette; Q.F. quick- firing.
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Name
a
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Principal Armament
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c. b.
Kaiser .
1871
5,810
6
10 9-in., 6 3j.in., 2 2.f-in..
3
3,200
12-0
c. b.
Custoza
3
1872
7,060
9
810-in., 6 3|-in., 2 2|-in,.
4
4,400
14-0
c.b.
Erzherzog Albrecht
3
1872
5,940
9
8 9i-in., 6 3i-in., 2 2Hn-.
4
3,600
13
c. b.
Kaiser Max .
1875
3,550
8
S8i-in., 4 3|-in., 2 2|-in..
4
2,700
12-5
c.b.
Don Juan de Austria
1875
3,550
8
8 8i-in., 4 3Mn., 2 2|-iii..
4
2,700
12 5
c. b.
Prim Eugen
,
1877
3,550
8
8 84-in., 4 si in., 2 23-in..
4
2,700
12-5
c. b.
Tegetthotr .
.S
1878
7,390
14
6 11-in., 6 3|-in., 2 2^iIl..
2
5,000
14-0
bar.
Erzherzog Rudolf
2
1887
6,870
12
312-in., 6 4J-in., 2 2J-iu..
4
7,500
16-0
bar.
Erzherzogin Stefanie
3
1887
5,o60
9
2r2-in., 6 6-in., 2 2|-in..
4
8,300
17-0
bar.
Monarch
3
1895
5,550
io-i>
4 'J^-in., 6 .5-9 Q.F, 14 47-inmQ.F. .
4
8,500
170
bar.
Wien ,
3
1805
5.550
lO-O
Ditto . . . .
4 8,500
170
bar.
Budapest .
3
180C
5,550
10-6
Ditto . . . .
4 8,500
17-0
I
3
—
7,800
—
—
—
11. . . .
Q
—
8,000
—
—
—
River Monitors—
Leitha .
1871
310
If
2 6-in.
—
200
8-0
Mar OH .
,
1871
310
If
2 6-in.
—
200
8-0
Kiiriis .
1892
448
2 43-in., 2 Q.F.
1,250
100
Szamos
1892
448
—
2 4]-in., 2 Q.F.
—
1,250
10-0
ram.
Cruisers —
Maria Theresia .
1893
5,250
4
29i-in., 6 6-in., 11 Q.F,,
4
9,800
190
Kaiser Karl VI. .
1898
6,250
10-6
2'.f4-in., 8 5-9-in. Q.F. 18 Q.F.
'_
12,300
20-0
The most important armourclad vessels completed are the Mortarch, Wien, and Bvdapest, which (lis]tlacc .^>,.5.50 ton.s, and are about 30.^) ft. long, with
