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K-U-K MARINE - AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

MÖWE gunboat (1859)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Möwe     Venice 1857 18.9.1858 1859 sail TS 1886, stricken 1903

 

Displacement normal, t

348

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

45.0

Breadth, m

7.20

Draught, m

3.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HSE

Power, h. p.

50

Max speed, kts

7

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 160/14 30pdr SBML

Complement

48

Project history: Screw gunboat. First screw ship of K.u.K. Kriegsmarine.

Modernizations: 1884-1886: engine was removed (sails only)

Naval service: In 1884-1886 Möwe was rebuilt to sail TS, in 1903 stricken, in 1905 hulked and BU in 1907.

Möwe as gunboat

Möwe 1888 as sailing TS

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