Temes-class monitor explained

The Temes class was a class of originally Austro-Hungarian river monitor warships used during World War I. A notable member was Bodrog (later the).

Description

They were armed with two 120mmL/35 guns in single gun turrets, a single 120mmL/10 howitzer in a central pivot mount, and two 37mm guns. The maximum range of the Škoda 120 mm guns was, and the howitzer could fire its 20kg (40lb) shells a maximum of 6.2km (03.9miles). The armour consisted of belt, bulkheads and gun turrets 40mm thick, and deck armour 25mm thick. The armour on the conning tower was 75mm thick. The gun turrets also had armour 75mm thick.

Ships

Ship name	Renamed	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
	Drina, then Ardeal	26 March 1904	November 1904	November 1918	Sold to Yugoslavia as Drina, December 1918
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.

Bibliography

• Frampton . Viktor . Sieche . Erwin . Stewart . Charles L.. 2006. Question 22/04: Austro-Hungarian Danube River Monitors. Warship International. XLIII. 3. 239–243 . 0043-0374. amp.
• Book: Greger , René . 1976 . Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I . Allan . London . 978-0-7110-0623-2 .
• Book: Pawlik . Georg . Christ . Heinz . Winkler . Herbert . Die K.u.K. Donauflottille 1870–1918 . The K.u.K. Danube Flotilla 1870–1918 . de . 1989 . H. Weishaupt Verlag . Graz, Austria . 978-3-900310-45-5 .