Leitha-class river monitor
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The Leitha class consisted of two river monitors built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy that saw service during World War I.
Class overview | |
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Name | Sava |
Builders | Pest Flumaner Schiffbau, Budapest |
Operators | |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Körös class |
Built | 1870–1872 |
In service | 1872–1918 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 1 |
Scrapped | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | River monitor |
Length | 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 8.65 m (28 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | 700 ihp (520 kW) |
Propulsion | 2 screws; 2 double-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 8.3 knots (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph) |
Armament |
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Ships
Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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SMS Leitha | Pest Flumaner Schiffbau, Budapest | 1870 | 17 May 1871 | 13 October 1872 | Museum ship, 20 August 2010 |
SMS Maros | 20 April 1871 | Scrapped, January 1921 |
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