53:
611:. By the morning of the 19th, however, he was convinced that Lissa was in fact the Italian objective, and so he requested permission to attack. As Tegetthoff's fleet arrived off Lissa on the morning of 20 July, Persano's fleet was arrayed for another landing attempt. The latter's ships were divided into three groups, with only the first two able to concentrate in time to meet the Austrians. Tegetthoff had arranged his ironclad ships into a wedge-shaped formation, with
603:, where they arrived on the 18th. With the main fleet of twelve ironclads, they brought troop transports carrying 3,000 soldiers. Persano then spent the next two days bombarding the Austrian defenses of the island and unsuccessfully attempting to force a landing. Tegetthoff received a series of telegrams between the 17 and 19 July notifying him of the Italian attack, which he initially believed to be a feint to draw the Austrian fleet away from its main bases at
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trailing behind, soon to be destroyed by a magazine explosion. Persano broke off the engagement, and though his ships still outnumbered the
Austrians, he refused to counter-attack with his badly demoralized forces. In addition, the fleet was low on coal and ammunition. The Italian fleet began to
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first, as they were the oldest ironclads in the fleet. The ship was refitted and rearmed in 1867–1868 with ten 178-millimeter (7 in) and two bronze 51-millimeter (2 in) RML guns. Worn out and badly deteriorated by 1875, the ship was stricken from the
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withdraw, followed by the
Austrians; Tegetthoff, having gotten the better of the action, kept his distance so as not to risk his success. As night began to fall, the opposing fleets disengaged completely, heading for Ancona and Pola, respectively.
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took command of the ship for the remainder of the battle. A minor fire was also started, though the ship's crew quickly suppressed it. Another shell knocked down her mainmast. Apart from this, the ship was not badly damaged in the engagement.
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held veto power over the other, and
Hungarian disinterest in naval expansion led to severely reduced budgets for the fleet. In the immediate aftermath of the war, the bulk of the Austrian fleet was decommissioned and disarmed.
641:, and Tegetthoff seized the opportunity to divide the Italian fleet and create a melee. He made a pass through the gap, but failed to ram any of the Italian ships, forcing him to turn around and make another attempt.
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After returning to Pola, Tegetthoff kept his fleet in the northern
Adriatic, where it patrolled against a possible Italian attack. The Italian ships never came, and on 12 August, the two countries signed the
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The fleet embarked on a modest modernization program after the war, primarily focused on re-arming the ironclads with new rifled guns. The budget for 1867 provided funds to modernize
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along with several other
Austrian vessels. One of them disabled the Italian ship's rudder, leaving her vulnerable to ramming. Tegetthoff steered his flagship at
562:, the commander of the Austrian Fleet, immediately began to mobilize his fleet. As the ships became fully crewed, they began to conduct training exercises in
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on 13 June. The Navy attempted to sell the ship to China, but the proposed sale came to nothing, and she was eventually sold for scrap in 1883 and
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479:. In addition, they carried a pair of landing guns, one of which was an 8-pounder and the second was a 4-pounder. They were equipped with
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Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.).
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was laid down in
February 1861, launched in September, and completed in November 1862. She remained in the Adriatic during the
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was modernized immediately after the war, but saw little use thereafter. Badly rotted by 1875, she was stricken from the
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in 1864 while other ships were sent to attack
Denmark. Two years later, Prussia and Italy attacked Austria in the
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on his right flank; the wooden warships of the second and third divisions followed behind in the same formation.
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and scored a clean hit with his ram, badly holing her below the waterline. During this period,
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on 27 June, in an attempt to draw out the
Italians, but the Italian commander, Admiral
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On 16 July, Persano took the
Italian fleet out of Ancona and steamed to the island of
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2,824 long tons (2,869 t) at normal load, and 3,110 long tons (3,160 t) at
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of 1867, was forced to cede the city of Venice to Italy. The two halves of the
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to attack Denmark. In June 1866, Italy declared war on Austria, as part of the
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Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854–1891
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sank, the Italian fleet began to disengage, with the badly burning
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to protect Austria's coastline, while a squadron was sent to the
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Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895
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While he was forming up his ships, Persano transferred from his
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on 9 September 1861, and completed in November 1862. During the
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rigged. The ships had a complement of 346 officers and crewmen.
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was hit several times; one shell struck her commander, Captain
448:(19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph). For long-distance travel, the
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that drove their single propeller using steam provided by four
724:, the Austrian army was decisively defeated by Prussia at the
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444:(1,540 kW) which gave the ships a speed of 10.5
370:, setting her on fire and ultimately destroying her.
1005:. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 266–283.
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836:
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978:Greene, Jack & Massignani, Alessandro (1998).
1001:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
686:, in the head, killing him instantly. Lieutenant
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1058:The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867–1918
498:that was 115 millimeters (4.5 in) thick.
1112:
416:of 13.94 m (45 ft 9 in) and a
16:Ironclad warship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
8:
1187:List of ironclad warships of Austria-Hungary
1043:. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute.
1041:The Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy
463:The frigates were armed with ten 48-pounder
361:, where she inflicted serious damage on the
1060:. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press.
566:. Tegetthoff brought the Austrian fleet to
420:of 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in). They
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716:; this ended the fighting and led to the
554:, which was fought concurrently with the
654:with concentrated broadsides, including
19:For other ships with the same name, see
1084:. London: S. Low, Marston and Company.
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440:. The engine produced a total of 2,060
1022:Directory of the World's Capital Ships
658:, which started a serious fire aboard
394:class was designed in response to the
27:
728:. As a result, Austria, which became
50:
7:
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666:. Left without her original target,
637:. This created a gap in the Italian
191:13.94 m (45 ft 9 in)
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143:General characteristics (as built)
14:
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552:Third Italian War of Independence
199:6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
574:, refused to engage Tegetthoff.
412:of 70.1 meters (230 ft), a
300:2 × RML 2-inch (51 mm) guns
51:
31:
982:. Pennsylvania: Da Capo Press.
244:(19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
1024:. New York: Hippocrene Books.
521:shipyard on 18 February 1861,
515:Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
471:(RML) guns in the traditional
339:in the 1860s, the other being
90:Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
40:at anchor after her 1867 refit
1:
1020:Silverstone, Paul H. (1984).
467:guns and eighteen 24-pounder
428:. The ships had a horizontal
869:, pp. 221–225, 229–231.
1056:Sondhaus, Lawrence (1994).
436:that exhausted through one
313:: 115 mm (4.5 in)
277:rifled, muzzle-loading guns
1234:
581:
404:bought from France by the
18:
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763:over the following year.
452:s were fitted with three
378:that year and eventually
284:1 × 4-pounder landing gun
281:1 × 8-pounder landing gun
183:70.1 m (230 ft)
142:
45:
30:
917:, pp. 238–241, 250.
881:, pp. 232–235, 243.
857:, pp. 216–218, 228.
572:Carlo Pellion di Persano
295:RML 7-inch (178 mm)
1076:Wilson, Herbert Wrigley
1039:Sokol, Anthony (1968).
828:Greene & Massignani
487:-class ironclads had a
58:Austro-Hungarian Empire
1218:Drache-class ironclads
1208:Ships built in Trieste
596:
584:Battle of Lissa (1866)
560:Wilhelm von Tegetthoff
469:rifled, muzzle-loading
386:Design and description
591:
475:arrangement of older
408:in 1860. They had an
337:Austro-Hungarian Navy
325:was the first of two
726:Battle of Königgrätz
714:Armistice of Cormons
647:coastal defense ship
527:Second Schleswig War
442:indicated horsepower
363:coastal defense ship
351:Second Schleswig War
801:Sieche & Bilzer
556:Austro-Prussian War
406:Kingdom of Sardinia
965:, pp. 39, 70.
818:, pp. 17, 26.
670:turned to fire at
597:
1195:
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1067:978-1-55753-034-9
1031:978-0-88254-979-8
1012:978-0-85177-133-5
989:978-0-938289-58-6
722:Battle of Custoza
684:Heinrich von Moll
477:ships of the line
317:
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1131:-class ironclads
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718:Treaty of Vienna
542:remained in the
355:Seven Weeks' War
333:armored frigates
275:18 × 24-pounder
268:10 × 48-pounder
111:9 September 1861
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578:Battle of Lissa
558:. Rear Admiral
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502:Service history
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359:Battle of Lissa
229:screw propeller
211:(1,540 kW)
204:Installed power
158:armored frigate
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688:Karl Weyprecht
582:Main article:
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171:(3,160
164:Displacement
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127:13 June 1875
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816:Silverstone
782:Silverstone
696:Re d'Italia
676:Re d'Italia
672:Re d'Italia
634:Affondatore
630:turret ship
625:Re d'Italia
535:sister ship
397:Formidabile
207:2,060
1213:1861 ships
1202:Categories
1172:Kaiser Max
1150:Salamander
972:References
752:Salamander
539:Salamander
483:bows. The
465:smoothbore
342:Salamander
270:smoothbore
249:Complement
216:Propulsion
21:SMS Drache
767:Footnotes
761:broken up
735:Ausgleich
548:North Sea
529:in 1864,
511:laid down
489:waterline
473:broadside
426:deep load
422:displaced
402:ironclads
382:in 1883.
380:broken up
376:Navy List
169:long tons
116:Completed
100:Laid down
1078:(1896).
963:Sondhaus
951:Sondhaus
939:Sondhaus
927:Sondhaus
843:Sondhaus
700:Palestro
660:Palestro
656:hot shot
651:Palestro
620:flagship
544:Adriatic
533:and her
523:launched
367:Palestro
257:Armament
136:Scrapped
124:Stricken
108:Launched
76:Namesake
1090:1111061
732:in the
628:to the
595:c. 1866
519:Trieste
517:at its
434:boilers
94:Trieste
86:Builder
46:History
1143:Drache
1129:Drache
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1064:
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1009:
986:
915:Wilson
903:Wilson
879:Wilson
867:Wilson
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748:Drache
694:After
680:Drache
668:Drache
664:Drache
643:Drache
613:Drache
609:Venice
593:Drache
568:Ancona
564:Fasana
531:Drache
507:Drache
485:Drache
458:barque
450:Drache
438:funnel
399:-class
392:Drache
372:Drache
347:Drache
330:-class
328:Drache
322:Drache
180:Length
167:3,110
155:-class
153:Drache
138:, 1883
80:Dragon
70:Drache
38:Drache
1174:class
891:Sokol
601:Lissa
454:masts
446:knots
418:draft
307:Armor
293:10 ×
242:knots
240:10.5
237:Speed
196:Draft
1165:None
1086:OCLC
1062:ISBN
1049:1912
1045:OCLC
1026:ISBN
1007:ISBN
984:ISBN
750:and
639:line
607:and
605:Pola
509:was
492:belt
456:and
414:beam
390:The
320:SMS
297:guns
288:1867
272:guns
263:1862
227:1 ×
221:1 ×
188:Beam
148:Type
132:Fate
68:SMS
65:Name
513:at
494:of
481:ram
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209:ihp
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