SMS Habsburg

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Habsburg
The Habsburgs on test drives in 1901
The Habsburgs on test drives in 1901
Ship data
flag Austria-HungaryAustria-Hungary (naval war flag) Austria-Hungary
Ship type Battleship
class Habsburg class
Shipyard Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino , Mulgs
building-costs 18 million crowns without guns and ammunition
Launch September 9, 1900
Commissioning December 31, 1902
Whereabouts scrapped after 1922
Ship dimensions and crew
length
114.57 m ( Lüa )
113.11 m ( KWL )
107.6 m ( Lpp )
width 21.2 m
Draft Max. 7.49 m
displacement Construction: 8,364 /> maximum: 8,964
 
crew 962 to 1,050 men
Machine system
machine 2 × 4-cylinder STT steam engine
16 × Maudslay boiler
Machine
performance 		13,340 hp (9,812 kW)
Top
speed 		19.6 kn (36 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament
  • 3 × 24 cm (double tower in front, single tower aft)
  • 12 × 15.0 cm L / 40 k
  • 10 × 7.0 cm L / 45
  • 2 × torpedo tube ⌀ 45 cm (under water with 6 torp.)
Armor
  • Belt: 225 mm
  • Deck: 68.75 mm
  • Gun: 212.5 mm
  • Torpedo bulkhead: 36 mm

SMS Habsburg was a Habsburg- class battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy . The name refers to the ruling family of the Habsburgs .

history

The ship was on 13 March 1899 at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard as the first ship of its class given to Kiel and from the 9 September 1900 left stack . On September 20, 1902, the transfer to the naval base in Pula took place , where the ship was put into service on December 31, 1902.

From March 1903 to September 1906, the Habsburg made four trips abroad to the Mediterranean as the flagship of an escadre and during this time took part in the imperial maneuver in Dalmatia in the summer of 1906 . On September 20, 1906, the ship was disarmed in Pula and placed in reserve. From 1910/11 to 1912 the shipyard in Trieste was rebuilt, which particularly concerned the reduction of the superstructures. Then the ship was again in reserve in the port of Pula.

At the beginning of the First World War , on August 1, 1914 , the Habsburg became the flagship of the IV Division under Rear Admiral Karl Seidensacher , with Miklós Horthy in command . After Italy declared war, the Habsburg ran out on May 23, 1915 together with its two sister ships Árpád and Babenberg for the first war mission in the Adriatic , namely the attack on Ancona and the bombardment of other targets in the region. The ship was then returned to Pula, where it remained in place until the end of the war in 1918 due to a lack of coal. On February 15, 1918, the Habsburg was put back into operation as a training ship for the training of midshipmen.

After the end of the war, the ship was awarded to England, but it was still in Pula until May 1922 and was then canceled by the Roman steelworks Vaccaro & Co.

Museum reception

The history of the Austro-Hungarian Navy is documented in detail in the marine hall of the HGM Army History Museum . In the Archduke Franz Ferdinand Museum, Artstetten Castle in Lower Austria , there are paintings by the marine painter Alexander Kircher , which show the ships of the Habsburg class. There are also contemporary sectional models 1: 100 in the “Civico Museo Navale Didattico” in Milan .

literature

  • Wladimir Aichelburg : Battleships Austria-Hungary. The Habsburg class. NWV Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag GmbH, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7083-0015-7 .
  • Anton E. Sokol: Austria's naval power. The Imperial and Royal Navy 1382–1918. Fritz Molden Verlag , Vienna / Munich / Zurich 1972, ISBN 3-217-00472-8 .
  • Karl Gogg: Austria's Navy 1848–1918. Verlag Das Bergland-Buch, Salzburg, Stuttgart, Zurich, 1967.

Web links

Commons : Habsburg class  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files