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==Design== |
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''Donau'' was {{cvt|70.62|m|ftin}} [[long overall]], and she had a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{cvt|13.06|m|ftin}} and a [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{cvt|5.46|m|ftin}}. The ship had a [[displacement (ship)|displacement]] of {{cvt| |
''Donau'' was {{cvt|70.62|m|ftin}} [[long overall]], and she had a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{cvt|13.06|m|ftin}} and a [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{cvt|5.46|m|ftin}}. The ship had a [[displacement (ship)|displacement]] of {{cvt|2165|LT|lk=on}} at [[full load]]. Her crew numbered 354 officers and enlisted sailors as originally built, but this later increased to 398.{{sfn|Sieche & Bilzer|p=275}} |
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Revision as of 12:41, 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]
Service history
Notes
- ^ 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.