Donau 1894
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Donau | Marinearsenal Pola | 10/1888 | 28.6.1893 | 8/1894 | accommodation ship 1906 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2306 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
70.0 wl |
|
Breadth, m |
12.8 |
|
Draught, m |
5.56 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 2-cyl VC, cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1300 |
|
Max speed, kts |
10 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 270 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
10 x 1 - 120/31 L/35 C.87, 1 x 1 - 66/16 G. L/18, 4 x 1 - 25/41 Nordenfeldt |
|
Complement |
333 |
Project history: This conversion is a typical example of an 'official reconstruction' as understood in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. In fact the hull of the frigate Donau (ii) was scrapped and only the machinery and some equipment from the old ship were used in the new one. Like her forerunner she was designed for long cruises and cadet training.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In 1906 the obsolete ship was disarmed and used as an accommodation and training ship for cadets. After the First World War she went to Yugoslavia as war reparation and was renamed Sibenik. In 1941 ship renamed Krka was captured by Germans, her later fate is unknown.
Donau
© Ivan Gogin, 2014