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

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

STÖR river patrol vessels (1918)

Stör 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Stör (ex-p)     Ganz & Danubius, Budapest 1916 2/1918 8/1918 to Hungary 1.1919 (Komárom)
Lachs (ex-q)     Ganz & Danubius, Budapest 1916 1918 8/1918 to Hungary 1.1919 (Pozsony)
r     Ganz & Danubius, Budapest 1916 1918 --- BU incomplete

 

Displacement normal, t

129

Displacement full, t

140

Length, m

45.5

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets AEG geared steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

1400

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

oil 18
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armour, mm

belt: 10, deck: 6, turret: 5, CT: 10

Armament

Stör, Lachs: 2 x 1 - 75/27 G. L/30 K.16 BAG, 6 x 1 - 8.80

r: 2 x 1 - 90/42 G. L/45 K.16 TAG/BAG

Complement

42

Project history: Development of Wels class with increased dimensions and new artillery, capable to conduct AA fire. They were laid down in 1916 as p and q; commissioned in August, 1918 as Stör and Lachs.

Ship protection: There was only splinter protection.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: After disintegration of Austro-Hungary they were commissioned by Hungarian Danube flotilla as Komárom and Pozsony, but 15.4.1920, as results of partition of Austro-Hungarian Navy, former was headed out to Austria and 14.5.1921 was commissioned by Austrian flotilla with former name. Pozsony in 1924 passed major repairs at Debrezen and renamed Debrecen. 6.10.1927 Stör was sold to Hungary and in 1930, after repair and re-equipment, was commissioned as Sopron.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014