SMS Szigetvár

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Szigetvár
SMS Szigetvár around 1916
SMS Szigetvár around 1916
Ship data
flag Austria-HungaryAustria-Hungary (naval war flag) Austria-Hungary
Ship type Small cruiser
class Zenta class
Shipyard kk Naval Arsenal Pola
Keel laying May 26, 1899
Launch October 29, 1900
Commissioning September 30, 1901
Decommissioning March 15, 1918
Whereabouts scrapped
Ship dimensions and crew
length
96 m ( Lüa )
width 11.73 m
Draft Max. 4.24 m
displacement Standard: 2313 tons
 
crew 288 + 17 (1907)
Machine system
machine 8 Yarrow water tube boilers, 2 standing 4-cylinder 3-fold expansion machines
Machine
performance 		7200 PSi
Top
speed 		21 kn (39 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament
  • 8 × 1 Škoda 12cm-L / 40
  • 8 × 1 47mm-L / 44 Sk Škoda
  • 2 × 1 47mm-L / 33 Sk Hotchkiss
  • 2 × 1 Ø 45cm torpedo tubes

SMS Szigetvár was a small cruiser of the kuk Kriegsmarine and one of three ships of the Zenta class . She completed several missions abroad and was used in the First World War. Towards the end of the war, it was decommissioned and finally scrapped. The ship was named after the Battle of Szigetvár in 1566.

Building history

In its overall concept, lagging behind the general development, the Austro-Hungarian Navy was forced to lay two new types of cruisers on the keel in 1896. On the one hand, this concerned the Emperor Charles VI. -Class as an armored cruiser type and the Zenta-class in an unarmored version. The Zenta class was designed by the designer Siegfried Popper, who with this ship was able to meet the requirement for a large radius of action at relatively high speed, which also met the requirements for reconnaissance and security service in overseas areas. For this purpose, a total of 586 m² of auxiliary sails was planned, but this soon proved to be superfluous. The vital areas were protected by an arched, lightly armored upper deck, and only guns from the Škoda company were used as armament .

When Austria-Hungary laid this class on Kiel, Italy already had three, Germany six, France five and Great Britain 33 of these ships. The ships of this class were already considered obsolete when they were commissioned and should have been replaced as early as 1910. Nevertheless, they were ready for action at the beginning of the war , even if they were of little use and therefore only little involved in combat operations.

The cruiser was laid down on May 26, 1899 in the Sea Arsenal in Pola , launched on October 29, 1900 and commissioned on September 30, 1901.

Calls

The Szigetvár on the left, outer edge of the picture as part of the international intervention fleet off Mytilene on Lesbos, 1905.
  • 1901–1902: Friendship visits to North America and Europe
  • June 14, 1902 in Wilhelmshaven
  • June 15-21, 1902 in Hamburg
  • July 2-14, 1902 in Kiel - Participation in the Kiel Week , visit by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
  • 1905: Participation in the fleet demonstration in the Levant
  • Autumn 1905: Participation in the international fleet in the Levant together with St. George
  • 1907: Personnel replacement transport to East Asia
  • 1910–1911: Station ship in Constantinople
  • 1912: Personnel replacement transport to East Asia
  • 1913/14: Station ship in Constantinople
  • 1914: Together with the Zenta in the Adriatic Sea off Montenegro, patrols and coastal bombardments.
  • May 23, 1915 Securing the fleet as part of the bombardment of the Italian coast.
  • June 18, 1915: In association with the Saint George bombardment of Rimini , Pesaro and Metauro.
  • March 14, 1918: designated as a barge for the naval mines' command in Pola.
  • March 15, 1918: Decommissioned.

Whereabouts

The ship was awarded to Great Britain by the Allied naval delegation at the end of January 1920 , then sold to the steelworks Vaccaro & Co. in Italy, towed to Portoferreio ( Elba ) and scrapped there.

Technical specifications

  • Water displacement: 2313 ts / 2503 ts max
  • Length: 96 m
  • Width: 11.73 m
  • Draft: 4.24 m
  • Drive: 8 Yarrow water tube boilers, 2 standing 4-cylinder 3-way expansion machines , 2 screws
  • Power: 7200 WPS
  • Top speed: 21 knots
  • Travel distance: 3800 nm at 12 knots
  • Armament: 8 × 12 cm L / 40 cannons from Škoda in single mounts - 8 × 47 mm L / 44 SFK - 2 × 47 mm L / 33 SFK - 2 × 45 cm surface torpedo tubes on the side
  • Armor: deck 20 - 50 mm - gun shields 45 mm - command tower 50 mm - gun bay 35 mm
  • Crew: 292 men

Naming

The ship was named after the siege of Szigetvár .

literature

  • Erwin S. Sieche: The cruisers of the k. and k. Navy (= naval arsenal with international naval news and naval overview 27). Podzun-Pallas et al., Wölfersheim-Berstadt et al. 1994, ISBN 3-7909-0506-2 .

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