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The ship was powered by a single 2-cylinder [[marine steam engine]] that drove a [[screw propeller]]. The number and type of boilers is not known, but smoke from the boilers was vented through a single [[funnel (ship)|funnel]] located forward of [[amidships]], between the fore- and [[main mast]]. The propulsion system was capable of generating {{convert|1200|ihp|lk=on}}, for a top speed of {{convert|9|kn|lk=in}}. The ship was fitted with a three-masted sailing rig to supplement the steam engine on long voyages.{{sfn|Sieche & Bilzer|p=275}} |
The ship was powered by a single 2-cylinder [[marine steam engine]] that drove a [[screw propeller]]. The number and type of boilers is not known, but smoke from the boilers was vented through a single [[funnel (ship)|funnel]] located forward of [[amidships]], between the fore- and [[main mast]]. The propulsion system was capable of generating {{convert|1200|ihp|lk=on}}, for a top speed of {{convert|9|kn|lk=in}}. The ship was fitted with a three-masted sailing rig to supplement the steam engine on long voyages.{{sfn|Sieche & Bilzer|p=275}} |
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''Donau'' was armed with a [[artillery battery|battery]] of fifty guns as completed. These comprised six 60-pounder [[Paixhans gun]]s that fired [[Shell (projectile)|explosive shells]], forty 30-pounder [[muzzleloader|muzzleloading]] (ML) guns of two types, and four 24-pounder [[breechloader|breechloading]] (BL) guns. In 1867, her armament was revised to just thirty-two 30-pounder ML guns, fourteen 24-pounder BL [[rifling|rifled]] guns, and four 4-pounder guns.{{sfn|Sieche & Bilzer|p=275}} |
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Revision as of 12:42, 7 January 2025
SMS Donau was a screw frigate, the last of the three vessels of the Radetzky class that were built for the Austrian Navy in the 1850s.
Design
Donau was 70.62 m (231 ft 8 in) long overall, and she had a beam of 13.06 m (42 ft 10 in) and a draft of 5.46 m (17 ft 11 in). The ship had a displacement of 2,165 long tons (2,200 t) at full load. Her crew numbered 354 officers and enlisted sailors as originally built, but this later increased to 398.[1]
The ship was powered by a single 2-cylinder marine steam engine that drove a screw propeller. The number and type of boilers is not known, but smoke from the boilers was vented through a single funnel located forward of amidships, between the fore- and main mast. The propulsion system was capable of generating 1,200 indicated horsepower (890 kW), for a top speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph). The ship was fitted with a three-masted sailing rig to supplement the steam engine on long voyages.[1]
Donau was armed with a battery of fifty guns as completed. These comprised six 60-pounder Paixhans guns that fired explosive shells, forty 30-pounder muzzleloading (ML) guns of two types, and four 24-pounder breechloading (BL) guns. In 1867, her armament was revised to just thirty-two 30-pounder ML guns, fourteen 24-pounder BL rifled guns, and four 4-pounder guns.[1]
Service history
Notes
- ^ a b c Sieche & Bilzer, p. 275.
References
- Sieche, Erwin & Bilzer, Ferdinand (1979). "Austria-Hungary". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 266–283. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
- Sondhaus, Lawrence (1989). The Habsburg Empire and the Sea: Austrian Naval Police, 1797–1866. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-0-911198-97-3.
- Sondhaus, Lawrence (1994). The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867–1918. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-034-9.
- Wilson, Herbert Wrigley (1896). Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895. London: S. Low, Marston and Company. OCLC 1111061.