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Habsburg Class Battleships. Photographs and history of the battleships of the Habsburg Class of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, including Habsburg, Arpad and Babenberg. | ||
Habsburg | 9th September 1900 | Part of the 4th Division. Given to Britain in 1920 and scrapped in 1921. |
Arpad | 11th September 1901 | Part of the 4th Division. Given to Britain in 1920 and scrapped in 1921. |
Babenberg | 4th October 1902 | Part of the 4th Division. Given to Britain in 1920 and scrapped in 1921. |
Displacement
(standard): 8960 t Length*width*draft:
114,5*21,2*7,4 m Output:
13300 HP Speed:
19 kn Range:
3600 miles Armament: 3*240 mm L/40, 12*150 mm L/40, 10*70 mm L/45, 6*47 mm L/44,
2x47 mm L/33, 2*450 mm TT Armour: 200 mm belt, 40 mm deck, 200 mm tower Crew: 740 The Habsburg-class ships were the first battleships of the
Austro-Hungarian navy. These ships were capable for mayor missions on
the open seas. When the war broke out, they were obsolescent, and only
usable for coastal defence. Before the end of the war, they were already
withdrawn to accommodation duties. The Habsburg and the ?p? were built at Stabilimento Tecnico Trietino in Trieste, the Babenberg at the Naval Arsenal Pola. Class history contributed by Alex Lakatos |
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Laid down: 13.03.1899. Launched: 09.09.1900. Commissioned: 31.12.1902. The Habsburg became the flagship of the fleet after her commission,
and until the commission of the Erzherzog Karl, she served as this. In
1911 she was strongly modified, her superstructure was lowered, to give
a smaller target. She received another search light, and the 7 cm guns
were relocated into casemates. Her only mission was the bombardment of Ancona in 1915. She shot at
the train station, the St. Stefano camp and coastal batteries. After
this glory victory she staid in port for the rest of the war. In 1918
she was re-commissioned as the training ship of the Naval Academy. After the war she was handed over to the UK, and was scrapped in 1921 in Italy. Ship history contributed by Alex Lakatos |
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Battleship Habsburg Displacement:8,3400 tons. Complement: ?. Length: 354 ft. Breadth: 65.5 ft. Depth: 23 ft. Armament: three 9.4 inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, ten 12 pdr guns, 16 machine guns and two torpedo tubes. |
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Habsburg - Photo published 1915 - emailed in by John Gilman |
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Laid down: 10.06.1899. Launched: 11.09.1901. Commissioned: 15.06.1903. In 1911 she was modified, like the Habsburg. Her superstructure was
lowered, she received another search light, and her 7 cm guns were
relocated. Her only mission in the war was the bombardment of Ancona, where she targeted three barracks, the headquarters, the gasworks, and the water tower. After this, she staid in port for the rest of the war. In 1918 she was re-commissioned as the training ship of the Naval Academy. After the war she was handed over to the UK, and was scrapped in 1921 in Italy. Ship history contributed by Alex Lakatos |
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Laid down: 19.01.1901. Launched: 04.10.1902. Commissioned: 15.04.1904. Unlike her sister ships, she haven?t got modified 1911/1912. Her only action was the bombardment of Ancona, where she shelled the
electricity works. For the rest of the war, she staid in port. In 1918
she was re-commissioned as a barracks ship. After the war she was handed over to the UK, and was scrapped 1921 in Italy. Ship history contributed by Alex Lakatos |
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Photograph of the crew of SMS Babenberg sent in by Oto Kopriva whose great grandfather served on Babenberg. Oto's great grandfather is the one with a moustache in the front row and is in the company of mates from Babenberg. |
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