Viza 1917
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| l, 1916- Wels | 1290 | Ganz & Danubius, Budapest | 1.1915 | 22.10.1915 | 3/1916 | to Yugoslavia 1.1919 (Брегалница [Bregalnica]) | |
| m, 1916- Barsch | 1291 | Ganz & Danubius, Budapest | 1915 | 1915 | 3/1916 | to Yugoslavia 1.1919 (Неретва [Neretva]) | |
| n, 1916- Compó | 1292 | Ganz & Danubius, Budapest | 1915 | 1916 | 3/1916 | to Austria 11.1920 (Compó) | |
| o, 1916- Viza | 1293 | Ganz & Danubius, Budapest | 1915 | 1916 | 4/1916 | to Austria 11.1920 (Viza) |
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Displacement normal, t |
129 |
|
Displacement full, t |
133 |
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Length, m |
44.0 |
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Breadth, m |
6.00 |
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Draught, m |
1.00 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets AEG geared steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 18 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armour, mm |
belt: 8, deck: 6, turret: 5, CT: 5 |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 66/24 G. L/26 K.15 BAK, 4 x 1 - 8.80 |
|
Complement |
27 |
Project history: Built as Patrouillenbote
(patrol boats), received names in 1916. They had rather foremost for time steam
turbines with a full gearing and thus, that they were the first-ever river boats with steam turbines! On trials
they shown overall speed 17.3-18.5kts. In 1918 they were used as minesweepers on Black
Sea, demonstrated quite good seaworthiness for river ship.
Ship protection: There was only splinter protection.
Modernizations: 1918, all: + mechanical minesweeping gear
Naval service: In December, 1918 Wels and Barsch were interned at Beograd, in January, 1919 they were commissioned by Yugoslavian Danube flotilla as Bregalnica and Neretva. Compó and Viza in 1919 served with Hungarian Danube flotilla. 15.4.1920, as result of partition of Austro-Hungarian Navy, Wels and Viza were received by Hungary; they were commissioned in 1921 and 1923 respectively as Szeged and Kecskemét. Barsch and Compó refer to Austria with former names, the truth, Compó was never commissioned and 6.10.1927 sold to Hungary. She passed major repairs at Dyor and in 1929 was commissioned as Györ. 30.7.1929 Barsch also was sold to Hungary and was named Baja.
Compó 1916
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014