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SMS Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie
Ironclad warship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SMS Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie was an ironclad warship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1880s, the last vessel of that type to be built for Austria-Hungary. The ship, named for Archduchess Stephanie, Crown Princess of Austria, was laid down in November 1884, was launched in April 1887 and completed in July 1889. She was armed with a pair of 30.5-centimeter (12 in) guns in open barbettes and had a top speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph). Her service was limited, in large part due to the rapid pace of naval development in the 1890s, which quickly rendered her obsolescent. As a result, her career was generally limited to routine training and the occasional visit to foreign countries. In 1897, she took part in an international naval demonstration to force a compromise over Greek and Ottoman claims to the island of Crete. Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie was decommissioned in 1905, hulked in 1910, and converted into a barracks ship in 1914. After Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I, the ship was transferred to Italy as a war prize and was eventually broken up for scrap in 1926.
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Preceded by | Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf |
Succeeded by | Monarch-class coastal defense ship |
History | |
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Name | Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie |
Namesake | Stephanie, Crown Princess of Austria |
Builder | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino |
Laid down | 12 November 1884 |
Launched | 14 April 1887 |
Commissioned | 11 July 1889 |
Decommissioned | 1905 |
Fate | Ceded to Italy as war prize, 1920 broken up, 1926 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Barbette ship |
Displacement | 5,075 long tons (5,156 t) |
Length | 87.24 m (286 ft 3 in) o/a |
Beam | 17.06 m (56 ft) |
Draft | 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in) |
Installed power | 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Crew | 430 |
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