Ersatz Triglav-class destroyer
| {{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Ersatz Triglav class |Builders=Ganz-Danubius, Porto Ré, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire |Operators=*{{Navy|Austria-Hungary}}
|Class before={{sclass|Tátra|destroyer|4}} |Class after=None |Cost= |Built range=1916–1918 |In service range= 1917–1939 |In commission range=1917–1939 |Total ships completed=4 |Total ships scrapped=4 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Destroyer |Ship displacement=*{{cvt|880|t|LT|lk=on}} (normal)
|Ship length={{cvt|85.28|m|ftin}} (o/a) |Ship beam={{cvt|7.8|m|ftin}} |Ship draft={{cvt|3.2|m|ftin}} (deep load) |Ship power=*6 × Yarrow boilers
|Ship propulsion=2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines |Ship speed={{convert|32.6|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range={{cvt|500|nmi|lk=in}} at full speed |Ship complement=114 |Ship armament=*2 × single Škoda 10 cm K10
|Ship notes= }} |
The {{lang|de|Ersatz}} (Replacement) Triglav class consisted of four destroyers built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy during the First World War. Completed late in the war, they saw little action; three ships were seized by Italy and one by France as war reparations in 1920.
Background and description
The loss of two {{sclass|Tátra|destroyer|2}}s in the 1st Battle of Durazzo in 1915 caused the Austro-Hungarian Navy to begin construction of four improved versions of the Tátras the following year named Triglav, Lika, Dukla and Uzsok.
The Ersatz Triglav-class ships were slightly longer than the Tátras with an overall length of {{convert|85.28|m|ftin|sp=us}}, a beam of {{convert|7.8|m|ftin|sp=us}}, and a maximum draft of {{convert|3.2|m|ftin|sp=us}}. They displaced {{convert|880|t|LT|lk=on|sp=us}} at normal load and {{convert|1050|t|LT|sp=us}} at deep load.Freivogel, p. 140 The ships had a complement of 114 officers and enlisted men.Sieche 1985a, p. 338
The destroyers were powered by two AEG-Curtiss steam turbine sets, each driving a single {{convert|2.52|m|ftin|adj=on|sp=us}} propeller using steam provided by six Yarrow boilers. Four of the boilers were oil-fired while the remaining pair used coal, although oil was sprayed onto the coal to increase power. The turbines, designed to produce {{convert|20650|shp|kW|lk=on}}, were intended to give the ships a speed of {{convert|32.6|kn|lk=in}}. {{SMS|Dukla||2}} was the fastest ship of the class at {{convert|33.8|kn}}. The ships carried {{convert|142.7|t|LT|sp=us|0}} of oil and {{convert|108|t|LT|sp=us|0}} of coal which gave them a range of {{convert|500|nmi|lk=in}} at full speed.Freivogel, pp. 139—140
The main armament of the Ersatz Triglav-class destroyers consisted of two 50-caliber Škoda Works Škoda 10 cm K10 guns, one each fore and aft of the superstructure in single mounts. Their secondary armament consisted of four 45-caliber Škoda 7 cm guns TAG ({{langx|de|Torpedoboot-Abwehr Geschütz|link=no}} (anti-torpedo boat guns)). Two additional guns were placed on anti-aircraft mountings. They were also equipped with four {{convert|450|mm|in|sp=us|adj=on|1}} torpedo tubes in two twin rotating mountings aft of the funnels. Two spare torpedoes were stored on the main deck.
After the war, three vessels—Triglav, Lika, and Uzsok—were ceded to Italy and one, Dukla, to France. The last vessels were scrapped in 1939.
Citations
{{reflist|30em}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Bilzer|first=Franz F.|title=Die Torpedoschiffe und Zerstörer der k.u.k. Kriegsmarine 1867–1918|year=1990|publisher=H. Weishaupt|location=Graz|trans-title=Torpedo Boats and Destroyers of the Imperial and Royal Navy 1867–1918|language=de |isbn=3-9003-1066-1}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Jordan|editor1-first=John|publisher=Conway|location=London |year=2016 |title=Warship 2016|isbn=978-1-84486-326-6|last1=Cernuschi |first1=Enrico |last2=O'Hara |first2=Vincent |chapter=The Naval War in the Adriatic, Part 2: 1917–1918 |name-list-style=amp |pages=62–75}}
- {{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |last2=Cant |first2=Serena |title=Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after Two World Wars |date=2020 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |isbn=978-1-5267-4198-1|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |last1=Freivogel |first1=Zvonimir |title=Austro-Hungarian Destroyers in World War One |date=2021 |publisher=Despot Infinitus |location=Zagreb |isbn=978-953-366-051-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations; An Illustrated Directory|publisher= Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-84832-100-7 |author-link=Norman Friedman}}
- {{cite book|last=Greger|first=René |title=Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I |location=London |publisher=Ian Allan|year=1976|isbn=0-7110-0623-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Halpern|first=Paul G.|title=The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in World War I|publisher=Indiana University Press|date=2004 |location=Bloomington, Indiana|isbn=0-253-34379-8|author-link=Paul G. Halpern}}
- {{cite book|last=Halpern|first=Paul G.|title=A Naval History of World War I|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|date=1994|isbn=1-55750-352-4}}
- {{cite book |last1=Noppen |first1=Ryan K. |title=Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914-18 |date=2016 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-1-4728-1470-8 |series=New Vanguard|volume=241}}
- {{cite book |last1=O'Hara |first1=Vincent P. |last2=Heinz |first2=Leonard R. |title=Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War, 1914-18 |date=2017 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=978-1-68247-008-4|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau |editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Mayflower Books|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-8317-0303-2 |chapter=Italy |last1=Roberts |first1=John|pages=280–317}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Gray|editor1-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 |year=1985a |location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=0-85177-245-5 |pages=326–347 |last=Sieche|first=Erwin|chapter=Austria-Hungary}}
- {{cite book |last=Sieche |first=Erwin |series=Marine-Arsenal|volume=34|title=Torpedoschiffe und Zerstörer der K. u. K. Marine|trans-title=Torpedo Boats and Destroyers of the Imperial and Royal Navy |year=1996 |publisher=Pozdun-Pallas-Verlag |location=Wölfersheim-Berstadt, Germany |isbn=3-7909-0546-1 |language=German}}
- {{cite journal|last= Sieche |first= Erwin F.|year= 1985b|title= Zeittafel der Vorgange rund um die Auflosung und Ubergabe der k.u.k. Kriegsmarine 1918–1923|journal= Marine—Gestern, Heute |volume=12|issue=1|pages= 129–141|language = de}}
- {{cite book| last = Sokol| first = Anthony| year = 1968| title = The Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| oclc = 462208412}}
- {{cite book|last1=Sondhaus|first1=Lawrence|title=The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867–1918: Navalism, Industrial Development, and the Politics of Dualism|date=1994 |publisher=Purdue University Press|location=West Lafayette, Indiana|isbn=978-1-55753-034-9}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Vego |first1=Milan |title=The Yugoslav Navy 1918–1941 |journal=Warship International |date=1982 |volume=XIX |issue=4 |pages=342–361 |issn=0043-0374}}
{{Ersatz Triglav-class destroyer}}
{{Austro-Hungarian Navy classes}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ersatz Triglav-class destroyer}}
Category:Destroyers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy