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Å koda 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] |
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] |
Tegetthoff-class Battleship
The ''Tegetthoff'' class (also called the ''Viribus Unitis'' class) was a ship class, class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Named for Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, the class was composed of , , , and . Construction started on the ships shortly before World War I; ''Viribus Unitis'' and ''Tegetthoff'' were both Keel laying, laid down in 1910, ''Prinz Eugen'' and ''Szent István'' followed in 1912. Three of the four warships were built in the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste; ''Szent István'' was built in the Ganz Works#Shipbuilding, Ganz-Danubius shipyard in Rijeka, Fiume, so that both parts of the Dual Monarchy would participate in the construction of the ships. The ''Tegetthoff''-class ships hold the distinction for being the first and only dreadnought battleships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The SMS Szent István had a different more modern propulsion system than her sister ships. ''Viribus Unitis'' and ''Tege ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
SMS ZrÃnyi
SMS ''ZrÃnyi'' (''"His Majesty's ship ZrÃnyi"'' ) was a semi-dreadnought battleship (''Schlachtschiff'') of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (''K.u.K. Kriegsmarine''), named for the Zrinski, a Croatian- Hungarian noble family (). ''ZrÃnyi'' and her sisters, and , were the last pre-dreadnoughts built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. During World War I, ''ZrÃnyi'' saw action in the Adriatic Sea. She served with the Second Division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy's battleships and shelled Senigallia as part of the bombardment of the key seaport of Ancona, Italy, during May 1915. However, Allied control of the Strait of Otranto meant that the Austro-Hungarian Navy was effectively contained in the Adriatic. Nonetheless, the presence of the ''ZrÃnyi'' and other battleships tied down a substantial force of Allied ships. With the war going against the Austrians by the end of 1918, ''ZrÃnyi'' was prepared for transfer to the new State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. On 10 November 1918, j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand
SMS ''Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand''  was an Austro-Hungarian pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 5 June 1910. She was named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The first ship of her class to be built, she preceded by more than six months. Her armament included four 30.5 cm (12 in) guns in two twin turrets, and eight 24 cm (9.4 in) guns in four twin turrets. She participated in an international naval protest of the Balkan Wars in 1913, during which she helped enforce a blockade of Montenegro. She was also one of the first ships to deploy seaplanes for military use. During World War I, she saw limited service in the 2nd Division of the 1st Battle Squadron, including mobilization to assist the escape of the German ships SMS ''Goeben'' and SMS ''Breslau'' and the bombardment of Ancona in 1915. At the end of the war, she was ceded to Italy as a war prize and was eventually scrapped in 1926. Construction ''Erzherzog Franz F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Radetzky (1909)
SMS ''Radetzky''  was the first of the three pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy (K.u.K. Kriegsmarine). She was named for the 19th-century Austrian field marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. ''Radetzky'' and her sisters, and , were the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy—they were followed by the larger and significantly more powerful dreadnoughts. ''Radetzky'' was built by the shipbuilding company '' Stabilimento Tecnico'' in Trieste and commissioned into the fleet on 15 January 1911. The ship conducted training cruises in the Mediterranean before the outbreak of World War I in mid-1914. During the war, ''Radetzky'' operated largely as part of a fleet in being alongside the rest of the Austro-Hungarian Navy; in doing so, the ships tied down considerable naval forces from the Triple Entente. ''Radetzky'' did participate in some offensive operations, primarily shore bombardments in the Adriatic Sea against French, Montenegrin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radetzky-class Battleship
The ''Radetzky'' class was a group of three semi-dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy between 1907 and 1910. All ships were built by the STT shipyard in Trieste. They were the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarians, and the penultimate class of any type of Austro-Hungarian battleship completed. The class comprised three ships: , , and . They were armed with four guns in two twin turrets and eight guns in four twin turrets. Commissioned only a few years before the outbreak of World War I, the ships had limited service careers. All three of the battleships conducted training cruises in the Mediterranean Sea in 1912. In 1913, they took part in an international naval demonstration in the Ionian Sea that protested the Balkan Wars. After Italy declared war on Austro-Hungary and the other Central Powers in 1915, the three ''Radetzky''-class ships bombarded coastal targets in the Adriatic Sea. After 1915, their participation in the war became mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Tegetthoff (1912)
SMS ''Tegetthoff'' (His Majesty's Ship ''Tegetthoff'') was the second of four dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. ''Tegetthoff'' was named for the 19th-century Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, most notable for defeating the Italian ''Regia Marina'' at the Battle of Lissa in 1866. The ship was armed with a main battery of twelve guns in four triple turrets. Constructed shortly before World War I, she was built at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste, where she was laid down in September 1910 and launched in March 1912. ''Tegetthoff'' was a member of the 1st Battleship Division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy at the beginning of the war alongside the other ships of her class, and was stationed out of the Austro-Hungarian naval base at Pola. First saw action during the Bombardment of Ancona following Italy's declaration of war on Austria-Hungary in May 1915, but saw little combat for the rest of the war due to the Otranto Barr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Prinz Eugen (1912)
SMS ''Prinz Eugen'' (His Majesty's Ship ''Prinz Eugen'') was the third of four dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. ''Prinz Eugen'' was named for Prince Eugene of Savoy, a Habsburg general and statesman during the 17th and 18th centuries most notable for defeating the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Zenta in 1697. The ship was armed with a main battery of twelve Å koda 30.5 cm /45 K10, guns in four triple turrets. Constructed shortly before World War I, she was built at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste, where she was keel laying, laid down in January 1912 and ship launching, launched in November that same year. Commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy just 10 days after the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, ''Prinz Eugen'' was a member of the 1st Battleship Division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy at the beginning of the war alongside the other ships of her class, and was stationed out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
