Temes-class monitor
{{Short description|Class of Austro-Hungarian river monitor warships}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=SMS Temes monitor, HGM, 2017-03-08.jpg |Ship caption=A model of SMS Temes at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Temes class |Builders=United Schoenichen-Hartmann Shipyard |Operators={{navy|Austria-Hungary}} |Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=1903–1904 |In service range=1904–1962 |In commission range= |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships canceled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired=2 |Total ships scrapped=1 |Total ships preserved=1 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=River monitor |Ship displacement={{convert|440|t|LT}} |Ship length={{convert|57.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|9.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|1.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship power=*{{convert|1400|ihp|lk=in|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=2 triple-expansion steam engines |Ship speed={{convert|13|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship complement=86 officers and enlisted |Ship armament=*2 × {{convert|120|mm|abbr=on}}/L35 guns (2 × 1)
|Ship armour=*Belt and bulkheads: {{convert|40|mm|abbr=on}}
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The Temes class consisted of two river monitors built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy that saw service during World War I. A notable member was Bodrog (later the {{ship|Yugoslav monitor|Sava}}).
Description
They were armed with two {{convert|120|mm|abbr=on}}L/35{{refn|L/35 denotes the length of the gun. In this case, the L/35 gun is calibre, meaning that the gun was 35 times as long as the diameter of its bore.|group=lower-alpha}} guns in single gun turrets, a single {{convert|120|mm|abbr=on}}L/10 howitzer in a central pivot mount, and two {{convert|37|mm|abbr=on}} guns.{{sfn|Pawlik|Christ|Winkler|1989|p=60}} The maximum range of the Škoda 120 mm guns was {{convert|10|km}}, and the howitzer could fire its {{convert|20|kg|abbr=on}} shells a maximum of {{convert|6.2|km|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|Greger|1976|p=10}} The armour consisted of belt, bulkheads and gun turrets {{convert|40|mm|abbr=on}} thick, and deck armour {{convert|25|mm|abbr=on}} thick. The armour on the conning tower was {{convert|75|mm|abbr=on}} thick. The gun turrets also had armour {{convert|75|mm|abbr=on}} thick.
Ships
| class="wikitable"
!Ship name !Renamed !Launched !Commissioned !Decommissioned !Fate |
| SMS Temes
|Drina, then Ardeal | 26 March 1904 | November 1904 | November 1918 | Assigned to Yugoslavia as Drina, December 1918; Transferred to Romania as Ardeal, April 1920 |
| SMS Bodrog
|Sava | 12 April 1904 | August 1904 | November 1918 | Sold to Yugoslavia as Sava, April 1920; currently a museum ship as of early 2019. |
History
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Notes
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite journal|last1=Frampton |first1=Viktor |last2=Sieche |first2=Erwin |last3=Stewart |first3=Charles L.|year=2006|title=Question 22/04: Austro-Hungarian Danube River Monitors|journal=Warship International|volume=XLIII|issue=3|pages=239–243 |issn=0043-0374|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book
| last = Greger
| first = René
| year = 1976
| title = Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I
| publisher = Allan
| location = London
| isbn = 978-0-7110-0623-2
}}
- {{cite book
| last1=Pawlik
| first1=Georg
| last2=Christ
| first2=Heinz
| last3=Winkler
| first3=Herbert
| title = Die K.u.K. Donauflottille 1870–1918
| trans-title = The K.u.K. Danube Flotilla 1870–1918
| language = de
| year = 1989
| publisher = H. Weishaupt Verlag
| location = Graz, Austria
| isbn = 978-3-900310-45-5
}}
{{Temes-class river monitor}}