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YUGOSLAVIAN NAVY (YUGOSLAVIA)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

DRAVA river monitor (1914/1918)

Drava 1918

Drava 1941

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Äðàâà [Drava] (ex-Enns)   507 STT, Linz, Austria-Hungary 1912 9.1914 10.1914 // 12.1918 sunk 12.4.1941

 

Displacement normal, t

540

Displacement full, t

?

Length, m

57.9

Breadth, m

10.3

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts) 700(10)

Armour, mm

belt: 50, deck: 19, CT: 75

Armament

1 x 2 - 120/42 G. L/45, 3 x 1 - 120/8 Haub. L/10, 2 x 1 - 66/47 G. L/50 BAG, 7 x 1 - 8.3/66

Complement

95

Project history: Former Austro-Hungarian Enns. 20.12.1918 she was interned in Beograd and entered Yugoslavian Danube flotilla. In January, 1919 she was renamed Drava. 15.4.1920 by results of division of Austro-Hungarian fleet she was officially transferred to Yugoslavia.

Ship protection: Machinery had 50mm vertical and 19mm horizontal protection.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: 12.4.1941 Drava was sunk by German aircraft at Sip; she was salvaged by Hungarian wreckers and sold for scrap.

Drava 1933

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

 

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