SMS Helgoland (1912)
SMS Helgoland
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 Austria-Hungary
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| Name: | SMS Helgoland |
| Namesake: | Battle of Heligoland (1864) |
| Builder: | Danubius, Fiume |
| Laid down: | 28 October 1911 |
| Launched: | 23 November 1912 |
| Completed: | 5 September 1914 |
| Fate: | Ceded to Italy, 19 September 1920 |
 Italy
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| Name: | Brindisi |
| Namesake: | Brindisi, Italy |
| Acquired: | 19 September 1920 |
| Reclassified: | as depot ship, 26 November 1929 |
| Struck: | 11 March 1937 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Novara-class scout cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,500 metric tons (3,400 long tons) |
| Length: | 130.64 m (428 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 12.79 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
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| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range: | 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Complement: | 340 |
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SMS Helgoland was a Novara-class scout cruiser built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy right before World War I. Helgoland participated in several raids on the ships defending the Strait of Otranto, including the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in May 1917. She was transferred to Italy in 1920 in accordance with the peace treaties ending World War I and renamed Brindisi. After modifications, the ship was assigned to the squadron responsible for the Eastern Mediterranean until 1924. She spent the next five years based in Libya and Italy before Brindisi was disarmed and turned into a depot ship in 1929. The ship was stricken from the Navy List in 1937 and later disposed of.
The ship measured 130.64 meters (428 ft 7 in) overall, with a beam of 12.79 meters (42 ft 0 in). Helgoland had a mean draft of 4.6 meters (15 ft 1 in) and displaced 3,500 metric tons (3,400 long tons) at normal load. At deep load, she displaced 4,017 metric tons (3,954 long tons). Her propulsion system consisted of two sets of AEG-Curtis steam turbines driving two propeller shafts. They were designed to provide 25,600 shaft horsepower (19,100 kW) and were powered by 16 Yarrowwater-tube boilers. These gave the ship a top speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph).Helgoland carried about 710 metric tons (700 long tons) of coal that gave her a range of approximately 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph). The ship had a crew of 340 officers and men.
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