SMS Balaton
Austro-Hungarian Tatra-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SMS Balaton[Note 1] was one of six Tátra-class destroyers built for the kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine (Austro-Hungarian Navy) shortly before the First World War. Completed in 1913, she did not participate in the attacks on the Italian mainland after Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary in May 1915. Two months later the ship bombarded a small island in the Central Adriatic Sea during an unsuccessful attempt to recapture it from the Italians. In November and early December Balaton was one of the ships conducting raids off the Albanian coast to interdict the supply lines between Italy and Albania. She played a minor role in the 1st Battle of Durazzo in late December. Balaton participated in several unsuccessful raids on the Otranto Barrage in 1917, although she sank an ammunition ship during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. She was transferred to Italy in 1920 in accordance with the peace treaties ending the war and renamed Zenson. The Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) used her for spare parts; she was discarded in 1923 and subsequently scrapped.
Balaton at sea | |
History | |
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Austria-Hungary | |
Name | Balaton |
Builder | Ganz-Danubius, Porto Ré, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
Laid down | 6 November 1911 |
Launched | 16 November 1912 |
Completed | 3 November 1913 |
Fate | Ceded to Italy, 1920 |
Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | Zenson |
Acquired | 1920 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1923 |
Notes | Used solely as a source of spare parts |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tátra-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 83.5 m (273 ft 11 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) (deep load) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines |
Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Range | 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 105 |
Armament |
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