SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I

History

Austria-Hungary
Name:	SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
Builder:	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Launched:	18 May 1889
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class protected cruiser
Displacement:	Design: 5,330 t (5,250 long tons; 5,880 short tons) Full load: 6,026 t (5,931 long tons; 6,643 short tons)
Length:	113.7 m (373.0 ft)
Beam:	16.25 m (53.3 ft)
Draft:	6.81 m (22.3 ft)
Propulsion:	Two triple-expansion engines 9,755 ihp (7,274 kW)
Speed:	19.35 knots (36 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement:	475
Armament:	2 × 24 cm K L/35 guns 8 × 15 cm SK L/35 guns 12 × 4.7 cm L/44 guns 6 × 4.7 cm L/33 Hotchkiss guns 4 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt armor: 100 mm (3.9 in) Armor deck: 38 to 57 mm (1.5 to 2.2 in) Turrets: 100 mm Casemates: 8 mm (0.31 in) Conning tower: 50 mm (2.0 in)

SMS Kaiser Franz Josef I was a protected cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy , the lead ship of the Kaiser Franz Joseph I class. Named in honor of the Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary, the cruiser and its sister ship, Kaiserin Elisabeth, were built as a reply to the Italian cruisers Giovanni Bausan (1883) and Etna (1885).

Built by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino at Trieste, Kaiser Franz Josef I was a steel-hulled vessel of 3,967 tons displacement, she measured 321 feet (98 m) in waterline length with a beam of 49 feet (15 m) and a mean draft of 19 feet (5.8 m). The crew comprised 450 officers and men.

Propulsion was supplied by two sets of horizontal triple-expansion engines with four cylindrical double-ended boilers. Designed performance was 6,400 horsepower (4,800 kW) for 18 knots (33 km/h) and 8,000 horsepower (6,000 kW) for 19 knots (35 km/h); on trials she in fact reached 20 knots (37 km/h).

Originally, Kaiser Franz Josef I and Kaiserin Elisabeth were each armed with two 9.4-inch (240 mm) and six 6-inch (150 mm) guns, both types Model 1886. Kaiser Franz Josef I's 9.4-inch guns were mounted in fore and aft turrets, but owing to fiscal constraints those of Kaiserin Elisabeth had armored hoods instead. Both were reconstructed in 1905-06 with each rearmed with two long-barreled 150 mm (6 in) and six short-barreled 150 mm guns, both types Model 1901. Rounding out the armament of each were sixteen 47 mm (1.9 in) quick-firing guns, one machine gun and four 14-inch (360 mm) torpedo tubes located above water, two on either beam.

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