SMS Archduke Karl

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SMS Archduke Karl , Artstetten Castle , Lower Austria, painting by Alexander Kircher
SMS Archduke Karl
Smserzhkarl2kopie.jpg
Ship data
flag Austria-HungaryAustria-Hungary (naval war flag) Austria-Hungary
Ship type Ship of the line
class Archduke Karl class
Shipyard Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Launch 4th October 1903
Commissioning June 17, 1906
Whereabouts Wrecked in France in 1920
Ship dimensions and crew
length
126.4 m ( Lüa )
width 21.7 m
Draft Max. 7.5 m
displacement 10,640 t
 
crew 703 men and 37 officers
Machine system
machine 3-way compound machines
Machine
performance 		18,000 PS (13,239 kW)
Top
speed 		20.5 kn (38 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament
  • 4 × 24 cm L / 40 Sk
  • 4 × 19 cm L / 42 Sk
  • 12 × 6.6 cm L / 45 Sk
  • 4 × 4.7 cm L / 44 Sk
  • 2 × 4.7 cm L / 33 Sk
  • 4 × 3.7 cm Sk
  • 4 torpedo tubes ∅ 45 cm
Armor

The SMS Erzherzog Karl ( His Majesty's Ship Archduke Karl ) was named after Archduke Karl, the Duke of Teschen . She was a ship of the Archduke class and was assigned to the 3rd Heavy Division of the Austrian Navy . It was launched in 1903. What is special is that their secondary guns were housed in electrically operated turrets.

During the First World War she took part in the large-scale naval operations in the Adriatic . Nonetheless, she experienced a fairly inconspicuous career.

In 1919, Archduke Karl took over Yugoslavia before handing it over to France in 1920 as part of Austria's reparation. When the French wanted to drag her to Toulon, she ran aground in Bizerte , Tunisia. It was also broken up there.

Literary processing

Bohuslav Kokoschka described life on board the SMS Archduke Karl in the novel Chains in the Sea .

literature

  • Robert Jackson (Ed.): 101 Warships. Legendary models from the First World War to the present day. Tosa Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85003-337-4