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598:, with only the machinery, parts of the armor plate, and other miscellaneous equipment being incorporated into the new ship. She was launched on 25 October 1875 and completed by 26 June 1876, when she was commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian fleet. The ship began her
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that had been laid down in 1861, and had simply been reconstructed. This was a fiction, however; the head of the Austro-Hungarian Navy could not secure funding for new ships, but reconstruction projects were uncontroversial, so he "rebuilt" the three earlier
733:, among other vessels. A new construction program in the late 1890s and early 1900s required the Austro-Hungarian Navy to discard old, obsolete vessels to reduce annual budgets. These ships were largely reused in secondary roles.
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shipyard on 14 February 1874. The ship was ostensibly the same vessel that had been laid down in 1861, as the Austro-Hungarian parliament had approved a so-called reconstruction program of that
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The government placed a low priority on naval activities, particularly in the 1870s; as a result, the shortage of funds precluded an active fleet policy. The ironclad fleet, including
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in reserve; the only vessels to see significant service in the 1870s were several
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Her propulsion system consisted of one single-expansion
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the following year. She was based in Pola and used by
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Military Notes".
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985:. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 266–283.
901:. New York: Army and Navy Journal, Inc.: 913 1889.
339:in the 1870s, the second of the three ships of the
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465:(2,054 kW). The ship was fitted with a three-
981:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
962:]. Vienna: Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag.
438:. She had a crew of 400 officers and men.
916:Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
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713:was mobilized to train alongside the ironclads
366:was removed from service in 1904 and used as a
1002:The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867–1918
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469:sailing rig to supplement the steam engines.
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1119:List of ironclad warships of Austria-Hungary
414:of 15.25 m (50 ft) and an average
1004:. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press.
457:. Her engine produced a top speed of 13.28
418:of 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in). She
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402:was 75.87 meters (248 ft 11 in)
406:and 73.23 m (240 ft 3 in)
937:Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I
515:also had four 35 cm (13.8 in)
19:For other ships with the same name, see
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174:75.87 m (248 ft 11 in)
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16:Austro-Hungarian Navy ironclad warship
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709:. During the 1893 fleet maneuvers,
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290:2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) guns
201:6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
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1140:Kaiser Max-class ironclads (1875)
522:The ship's armor consisted of an
507:, three 47 mm (1.9 in)
246:(24.59 km/h; 15.28 mph)
274:2 × 7 cm (2.8 in) guns
271:4 × 9 cm (3.5 in) guns
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31:
346:. The ship was purportedly the
674:Barcelona Universal Exposition
578:Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
293:4 × 35 cm (13.8 in)
89:Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
1:
625:had her sailing rig reduced.
609:, was kept out of service in
284:3 × 47 mm (1.9 in)
277:6 × 47 mm (1.9 in)
40:in her original configuration
491:(cal.) guns manufactured by
1000:Sondhaus, Lawrence (1994).
485:21-centimeter (8.3 in)
479:, and she was armed with a
453:placed slightly forward of
317:: 125 mm (4.9 in)
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266:21 cm (8.3 in)
683:In June and July 1889,
495:, mounted in a central
135:General characteristics
1150:Ships built in Trieste
954:Pawlik, Georg (2003).
737:was stricken from the
621:sent abroad. In 1880,
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395:as modernized, c. 1898
21:SMS Don Juan d'Austria
939:. London: Ian Allan.
935:Greger, René (1976).
820:, pp. 37, 40–41.
588:Austro-Hungarian Navy
576:was laid down at the
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408:long at the waterline
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337:Austro-Hungarian Navy
463:indicated horsepower
445:that drove a single
782:Sieche & Bilzer
602:on 29 August 1876.
443:marine steam engine
225:marine steam engine
1072:Don Juan d'Austria
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711:Don Juan d'Austria
694:Erzherzog Albrecht
685:Don Juan d'Austria
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592:Friedrich von Pöck
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893:"Foreign Items".
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114:26 June 1876
111:Commissioned
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751:World War I
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561:(right) in
554:Prinz Eugen
372:World War I
348:same vessel
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1145:1875 ships
1134:Categories
1105:Tegetthoff
1065:Kaiser Max
1051:Kaiser Max
887:References
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707:Kaiser Max
699:Tegetthoff
644:Kaiser Max
638:Tegetthoff
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354:Kaiser Max
342:Kaiser Max
218:Propulsion
145:Kaiser Max
130:Sank, 1919
1103:SMS
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670:Barcelona
596:broken up
528:bulkheads
501:broadside
483:of eight
455:amidships
432:ironclads
424:long tons
420:displaced
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95:Laid down
866:Sondhaus
830:Sondhaus
818:Sondhaus
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678:Adriatic
653:and the
551:(left),
497:casemate
370:through
315:Casemate
259:Armament
119:Stricken
103:Launched
75:Namesake
928:8007941
907:1589766
854:Garbett
689:Custoza
665:Leopard
659:Panther
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607:Custoza
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436:ram bow
331:was an
85:Builder
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378:Design
242:13.28
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924:OCLC
903:OCLC
662:and
611:Pola
572:for
570:keel
568:The
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