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HUNGARIAN RIVER FLOTILLA (HUNGARY)

RIVER FIGHTING SHIPS

LEITHA river monitors (1872/1919)

Leitha 1915

Maros 1915

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Leitha     Elso Magyar Pest-Fiumei Hajógyár Rt, Újpest 1870 5/1871 3/1872 // 3.1919 dredger 1.1921
Maros     Elso Magyar Pest-Fiumei Hajógyár Rt, Újpest 7/1870 4/1871 3/1872 // 3.1919 BU 1.1921

 

Displacement normal, t

310

Displacement full, t

315

Length, m

50.6

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

700

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 
Armour, mm steel; side: 44, deck: 25, CT: 50

Armament

Leitha: 1 x 1 - 120/33 G. L/35 C.80, 1 x 1 - 66/37 SFK L/42 (Skoda), 1 x 1 - 66/16 G. L/18, 1 x 1 - 8.3/66

Maros: 1 x 1 - 120/33 G. L/35 C.80, 3 x 1 - 66/16 G. L/18, 3 x 1 - 8.3/66

Complement

59

Project history: River monitors. Capitally rebuilt in 1893-1894. In March 1919 both passed under control of the Hungarian Soviet Republic but scrapped two years later.

Ship protection: Hull was protected by 44mm sides and 25mm deck, CT had 50mm sides.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2015