Austrian pre dreadnought battleship SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max 1904-1921

Habsburg-class

Erzherzog Karl-class

Radetzky-class

Of the Erzherzog Karl-class consisting of the Erzherzog Ferdinand Max, Erzherzog Karl and Erzherzog Friedrich, preceded by the Habsburg-class and succeeded by the Radetzky-class. Laid down at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyards, Trieste, Italy on 9 March 1904, launched on 21 May 1905, completed on 21 December 1907, after the First World War ended fir transferred to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbes, ceded to the United Kingdom as war reparation  and broken up in 1921.

General technical class specifications. A displacement of 10.640 tons/10.472 long tons and as dimensions 126,2 x 21,8 x 7,5 metres or 414.2 x 71.5 x 24.7 feet. Fitted out with 4 cylinder vertical triple steam engines supplied via 2 shafts 18.000 ihp allowing a speed of 20.5 knots. Their crew numbered 700 men. The armour consisted of a 21cm/8.3” thick waterline belt, 20cm/7.9” thick bulkheads, a deck of 5,5cm/2.2” thickness with gun turrets, casemates and conning tower protected by respectively 24cm/9.4”, 15cm/5.9” and 22cm/8.7” thick armour. The armament consisted of 2x2-24cm/9.4” 40 cal Skoda guns, 12x1-19cm/7.5” 42 cal Skoda guns, 12-6,6cm/2.6’ 45 cal Skoda guns, 4-4.7cm/1.9” 44 cal Skoda quick firing guns, 4-3,7cm/1.5” Vickers anti aircraft guns and 2-45cm/17.7” surfaced torpedo tubes.