Ersatz Triglav-class destroyer explained
The
German: 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 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 85.28m (279.79feet), a beam of 7.8m (25.6feet), and a maximum draft of 3.2m (10.5feet). They displaced 880lk=onNaNlk=on at normal load and 1050t at deep load.[1] The ships had a complement of 114 officers and enlisted men.[2]
The destroyers were powered by two AEG-Curtiss steam turbine sets, each driving a single 2.52adj=onNaNadj=on 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 20650shp, were intended to give the ships a speed of 32.6kn. was the fastest ship of the class at . The ships carried 142.7sp=usNaNsp=us of oil and 108sp=usNaNsp=us of coal which gave them a range of 500nmi at full speed.[2] [3]
The main armament of the Ersatz Triglav-class destroyers consisted of two 50-caliber Škoda Works 10cm (00inches) K11 guns, one each fore and aft of the superstructure in single mounts. Their secondary armament consisted of four 45-caliber 66mm K09 TAG (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 450mm torpedo tubes in two twin rotating mountings aft of the funnels. Two spare torpedoes were stored on the main deck.[3]
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.
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Notes and References
- Freivogel, p. 140
- Sieche 1985a, p. 338
- Freivogel, pp. 139—140
