SMS Babenberg

SMS *Babenberg*
History
SMS Babenberg in 1914
Austria–Hungary
Name:	Babenberg
Namesake:	House of Babenberg
Builder:	STT
Laid down:	19 January 1901
Launched:	4 October 1902
Completed:	15 April 1904
Fate:	Scrapped, 1921
General characteristics
Class and type:	Habsburg-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	8,232 long tons (8,364 t) 8,823 long tons (8,965 t) full load
Length:	375 ft 10 in (114.6 m)
Beam:	65 ft (19.8 m)
Draft:	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Installed power:	16,000 ihp (11,931 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines, 16 Belleville boilers
Speed:	19.85 knots (36.76 km/h; 22.84 mph)
Complement:	638
Armament:	3 × 24 cm (9.4 in)/40 cal. Krupp C97 guns 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in)/40 cal. Krupp C96 guns 10 × 6.6 cm (2.6 in)/45 cal Skoda guns 6 × 4.7 cm (1.9 in)/44 cal Skoda QF guns 2 × 4.7 cm/33 cal Skoda QF guns 2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Waterline belt: 180–220 mm (7.1–8.7 in) Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in) Turrets & casemates: 210–280 mm (8.3–11.0 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)

SMS Babenberg was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1899. She was launched on 4 October 1902 as the last of three Habsburg-class battleships. Along with her sister ships, she participated at the bombardment of Ancona during World War I. At the end of the war, she was ceded to Great Britain as a war prize. She was scrapped in Italy in 1921.

Babenberg was the last of three battleships of her class. Her keel was laid down on 19 January 1901 at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste. Following about a year and a half of construction, she was launched on 4 October 1902. After final fitting-out work was completed, the ship was commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian fleet on 15 April 1904.

Like all ships of her class, Babenberg was 113.11 meters (371 ft 1 in) long at the waterline and was 114.55 m (375 ft 10 in) in overall length. She had a beam of 19.8 m (65 ft 0 in) and a draft of 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in).Freeboard was approximately 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) forward and about 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) aft. The ship also displaced 8,364 metric tons (8,232 long tons). Once construction was finished, she was commissioned into the Navy with a crew of 638 officers and enlisted men.

Babenberg was powered by 2-shaft, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, which were supplied with steam by 16 Belleville boilers. Babenberg's power output was rated at 16,000 indicated horsepower (12,000 kW), which produced a top speed of 19.85 knots (36.76 km/h; 22.84 mph).

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