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Design
Donau was 70.96 m (232 ft 10 in) long between perpendiculars and 74.36 m (244 ft 0 in) long overall. She had a beam of 12.66 m (41 ft 6 in) and a draft of 5.95 m (19 ft 6 in). The ship had a displacement of 2,490 long tons (2,530 t) normally, which increased to 2,642 long tons (2,684 t) at full load. Her crew numbered 334 officers and enlisted sailors.
The ship was powered by a single 2-cylinder, vertical marine steam engine that drove a screw propeller. The number and type of boilers is not known, but smoke from the boilers was vented through a single funnel located amidships, between the fore- and main mast. The propulsion system was capable of generating 1,300 indicated horsepower (970 kW), for a top speed of 10.8 knots (20.0 km/h; 12.4 mph). The ship was fitted with a three-masted sailing rig to supplement the steam engine on long voyages.
Donau was armed with a main battery of eleven 15 cm (5.9 in) 35-caliber guns manufactured by Krupp. She also carried two 7 cm (2.8 in), 15-caliber guns and two 25 mm (0.98 in) machine guns.
Service history
The keel for Donau was laid down at the Navale Adriatico shipyard in Trieste on 18 June 1873, and she was launched on 15 October 1874. The ship was completed on 14 August 1875.
Notes
- ^ Sieche & Bilzer, p. 275.
References
- Sieche, Erwin & Bilzer, Ferdinand (1979). "Austria-Hungary". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 266–283. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
- Sondhaus, Lawrence (1994). The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867–1918. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-034-9.