Ersatz Monarch-class battleship
A line drawing of the Ersatz Monarch-class battleship.
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino and Ganz & Co – Danubius |
| Operators: |
 Austro-Hungarian Navy (intended) |
| Preceded by: | Tegetthoff class |
| Cost: | 82–83 million kronen per battleship |
| Built: | 1914–19 |
| Planned: | 4 |
| Completed: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Displacement: | 24,560 tonnes (24,170 long tons; 27,070 short tons) |
| Length: | 175.2 m (575 ft) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 28.5 m (93.5 ft) |
| Draft: | 8.4 m (27.6 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 shaft steam turbines with 31,000 shp (23,000 kW), 15 Yarrow WT Boilers (9 coal + 6 oil) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (38.9 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Crew: | 1,050 to 1,100 officers and men |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 310 mm (12 in) belt, 320 mm (13 in) barbettes, turrets and conning tower; 150 mm (5.9 in) battery; 72 mm (2.8 in) deck |
The Ersatz Monarch-class (Replacement Monarch-class)battleship was a projected new class of four battleships which were to be constructed for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1914–19. Designed to replace the Monarch-class battleships (which later became coastal defense ships), each of the new battleships were to carry ten 35 cm (14 in) L/45 guns as their primary armament, a slight improvement over her predecessors, the Tegetthoff class. The ships were 175.2 metres (575 ft) and were designed to displace 24,560 tonnes (24,170 long tons; 27,070 short tons).
The Austro-Hungarian Navy intended to lay down the first vessel in July 1914, but the outbreak of World War I that month caused the Navy to postpone construction until September. Ultimately, none of the vessels were laid down and they were formally cancelled in late 1917. However, four of the 35 cm guns had been built and were transferred to the Austro-Hungarian Army for use on the Italian Front.
The Austro-Hungarian Navy ordered the construction of four new battleships to replace the aging Monarch class in May 1914. As a result, the new class was known by the contract name for the first vessel, Ersatz Monarch. The ships were to cost 82–83 million kronen each. The class was to be built in two separate shipyards: two battleships were to be built by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino and two by Ganz & Co – Danubius.
The construction of the Tegetthoff-class battleships had already begun in 1910 when Skodawerke A.G made the first of many attempts to obtain the approval for a new generation of "super" dreadnoughts to replace the aging Monarch-class ships. The original proposal laid forth on 18 April 1911 consisted of 13.5-inch (34 cm) 45-caliber guns with three guns in each of the two superimposed turrets.
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