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Škoda 7 Cm Guns
The Škoda 7 cm guns were a family of naval guns and dual-purpose guns of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that were developed and produced for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the years before and during World War I. These guns were actually 66 mm, but the classification system for artillery rounded up to the next highest centimeter. Following the defeat of the Central Powers in World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire the ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were divided among the victorious allies and some guns continued to be used until World War II. Construction The Škoda 7 cm guns were developed and built at the Pilsen works between 1892 through 1918. The barrel was made of steel with a horizontal sliding-wedge breech, they used fixed quick fire ammunition and most ranged in length between 26 and 45 calibers. There was a single hydraulic recoil cylinder beneath the barrel and most were aimed by shoulder pads. The G. L/18 was a lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War and was dissolved shortly after its defeat in the First World War. Austria-Hungary was ruled by the House of Habsburg and constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg monarchy. It was a multinational state and one of Europe's major powers at the time. Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe after the Russian Empire, at and the third-most populous (after Russia and the German Empire). The Empire built up the fourth-largest machine building industry in the world, after the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. Austria-Hungary also became the world's third-largest manufacturer and exporter of electric home appliances, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minelayer
A minelayer is any warship, submarine or military aircraft deploying explosive mines. Since World War I the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term for installing controlled mines at predetermined positions in connection with coastal fortifications or harbor approaches that would be detonated by shore control when a ship was fixed as being within the mine's effective range. Before World War I, mine ships were termed mine planters generally. For example, in an address to the United States Navy ships of Mine Squadron One at Portland, England, Admiral Sims used the term “mine layer” while the introduction speaks of the men assembled from the “mine planters”. During and after that war the term "mine planter" became particularly associated with defensive coastal fortifications. The term "minelayer" was applied to vessels deploying both defensive- and offensive mine barrages and large scale sea mining. " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albona-class Minelayer
The ''Albona'' class were mine warfare ships used by the ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Italian Navy) and Royal Yugoslav Navy (KJRM). Fourteen ships were originally laid down between 1917 and 1918 for the Austro-Hungarian Navy as the ''MT.130'' class. However, the end of World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary left them incomplete until 1920, when three ships were finished for the ''Regia Marina''. An additional five ships were completed for the KJRM in 1931 as the ''Malinska'' class. The five ships in KJRM service were captured by Italian forces during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and commissioned in the ''Regia Marina'' as the ''Arbe'' class. Following the Italian Armistice in 1943, the three ''Albona''-class ships were captured by German forces with all three being lost or scuttled later in the war. Of the five former KJRM ships, one was seized and operated by the ''Kriegsmarine'' until it was lost; a second one was handed over to the Navy of the Independent State of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Warasdiner
SMS ''Warasdiner'' was a destroyer launched in 1913 as ''Lung Tuan'' (), intended for sale to China. She was taken over by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1914, renamed and rearmed. She served in World War I with the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Following the war, the ship was ceded to Italy and scrapped. Construction and design In 1912, China placed an order for a single destroyer with the Austrian shipyard Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino (STT) of Trieste. The design of the destroyer, to be named ''Lung Tuan'', was based on that of the Austro-Hungarian Navy's , which had entered service between 1905 and 1911. Like the ''Huszár''s, ''Lung Tuan'' was to be powered by two triple expansion steam engines, fed by four Yarrow boilers, rated at , driving two shafts, although at , the ship was slightly faster than the ''Huszár'' class. The ship's hull was long at the waterline and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was standard and deep load. The ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tátra-class Destroyer
The ''Tátra'' class consisted of six destroyers built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy shortly before the First World War. Design and description By the last years of the first decade of the 20th century, Admiral Graf Rudolf Montecuccoli, head of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (german: kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine), recognized that the latest s were already obsolete in comparison to larger and faster foreign destroyers. His 1910 expansion plan called for six new large destroyers powered by steam turbines and their construction was awarded to a Hungarian shipyard to secure Hungarian parliamentary approval of the expansion program. The ''Tátra''-class ships displaced more than twice as much as the ''Huszár'' class which allowed them to have a much stronger armament and be significantly faster. The ships had an overall length of , a beam of , and a maximum draft of . They displaced at normal load and at deep load. The ships had a complement of 105 officers and enlisted men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huszár-class Destroyer
The ''Huszár'' class was a class of destroyers built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy before the First World War. They were built to a design by the British shipbuilder Yarrow Shipbuilders, who built the first ship, with a further 11 ships being built in Austrian and Hungarian yards between 1905 and 1909. A replacement ship was built when the lead ship was lost in an accident in 1908, and another ship of similar design building for the Chinese navy was seized on the outbreak of the First World War. Two ships were lost during the war, a single ship serving with the Greek Navy following the end of the war, and the remainder being scrapped. Design In 1904, Austria-Hungary, keen to upgrade its navy, placed an order with the British torpedo-craft specialist Yarrow for designs for a 400 t destroyer and a 200 t sea-going torpedo boat. Prototypes of both types would be built by Yarrow with production continuing in the Austria-Hungary, split between the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino (STT) s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Škoda 7 Cm K10
The Škoda 7 cm K10 was a dual-purpose gun of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that was used by the Austro-Hungarian Navy during World War I. The gun was actually 66 mm, but the classification system for artillery rounded up to the next highest centimeter. The 7 cm K10 was also used by the Italian Navy on ships ceded as war reparations and as coastal artillery during World War II. The Italians referred to it as the 66/47. Construction The Škoda 7 cm K10 was developed and built by Škoda at the Pilsen works. The barrel was made of steel with a horizontal sliding breech block and used fixed quick fire ammunition. The Škoda 7 cm K10 was mainly used for anti-torpedo boat defense and the guns had an elevation of -10° to +20°. In 1915 Skoda engineers developed an anti-aircraft mounting for the K10 which was called the Škoda 7 cm K16 BAG (BAG = ''Ballon-Abwehr Geschutze'' or anti-balloon gun) which could elevate from -6° to +90° and had the same b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Budapest
SMS ''Budapest'' ("His Majesty's Ship Budapest") was a built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1890s. After their commissioning, ''Budapest'' and the two other ''Monarch''-class ships made several training cruises in the Mediterranean Sea in the early 1900s. ''Budapest'' and her sisters formed the 1st Capital Ship Division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy until they were replaced by the newly commissioned pre-dreadnought battleships at the turn of the century. In 1906 the three Monarchs were placed in reserve and only recommissioned during the annual summer training exercises. After the start of World War I, ''Budapest'' was recommissioned and assigned to 5th Division together with her sisters. The division was sent to Cattaro in August 1914 to attack Montenegrin and French artillery that was bombarding the port, and they remained there until mid-1917. ''Budapest'' and her sister were sent to Trieste in August and bombarded Italian fortifications in the Gulf of Trieste. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Wien
SMS ''Wien'' ("His Majesty's Ship Vienna") was one of three s built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1890s. After her commissioning, the ship participated in an international blockade of Crete during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. ''Wien'' and the two other ''Monarch''-class ships made several training cruises in the Mediterranean Sea in the early 1900s. They formed the 1st Capital Ship Division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy until they were replaced by the newly commissioned predreadnought battleships at the turn of the century. In 1906 the three Monarchs were placed in reserve and only recommissioned for annual summer training exercises. After the start of World War I, ''Wien'' was recommissioned and assigned to 5th Division together with her sisters. The division was sent to Cattaro in August 1914 to attack Montenegrin and French artillery that was bombarding the port and they remained there until mid-1917. ''Wien'' and her sister were sent to Trieste in August 1917 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Monarch
SMS ''Monarch'' ("His Majesty's Ship Monarch") was the lead ship of the built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1890s. After their commissioning, ''Monarch'' and the two other ''Monarch''-class ships made several training cruises in the Mediterranean Sea in the early 1900s. ''Monarch'' and her sisters formed the 1st Capital Ship Division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy until they were replaced by the newly commissioned pre-dreadnought battleships at the turn of the century. In 1906 the three ''Monarch''s were placed in reserve and only recommissioned during the annual summer training exercises. After the start of World War I, ''Budapest'' was recommissioned and assigned to 5th Division together with her sisters. The division was sent to Cattaro in August 1914 to attack Montenegrin and French artillery that was bombarding the port, and ''Monarch'' remained there for the rest of the war. The ship was decommissioned in early 1918 and became an accommodation ship A barra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarch-class Coastal Defense Ship
The ''Monarch'' class was a class of three coastal defense ships built by Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century. The ''Monarch''s were the first ships of their type to utilize turrets. The class comprised three ships: , , and , each armed with four L/40 guns in two turrets and capable of at full speed. ''Budapest'' was fitted with slightly more modern and powerful engines, giving her a top speed of . ''Monarch'' was launched on 9 May 1895, ''Wien'' on 7 July 1895, and ''Budapest'' just over a year later on 24 July 1896. The ships saw very little service during World War I in the V Division of the Austro-Hungarian fleet. ''Budapest'' and ''Wien'' took part in the bombardment of Italian positions along the Adriatic coast in 1915 and 1917, but the three battleships went largely inactive for the remainder of war. In 1917, ''Wien'' was struck by Italian torpedoes and sank in her home port of Trieste. The remaining two ships were ceded to Great Britain following t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely operated vehicles and Autonomous underwater vehicle, robots, as well as medium-sized or smaller vessels, such as the midget submarine and the wet sub. Submarines are referred to as ''boats'' rather than ''ships'' irrespective of their size. Although experimental submarines had been built earlier, submarine design took off during the 19th century, and they were adopted by several navies. They were first widely used during World War I (1914–1918), and are now used in many navy, navies, large and small. Military uses include attacking enemy surface ships (merchant and military) or other submarines, and for aircraft carrier protection, Blockade runner, blockade running, Ballistic missile submarine, nuclear deterrence, reconnaissance, conventio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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