SMS Lissa
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Line-drawing of Lissa
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 Austria-Hungary
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| Name: | Lissa |
| Namesake: | Battle of Lissa |
| Laid down: | 27 June 1867 |
| Launched: | 25 February 1869 |
| Commissioned: | May 1871 |
| Struck: | 13 November 1892 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1893–1895 |
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| Displacement: | 7,086 metric tons (6,974 long tons; 7,811 short tons) |
| Length: | 89.38 meters (293.2 ft) oa |
| Beam: | 17.32 m (56.8 ft) |
| Draft: | 8.5 m (28 ft) |
| Installed power: | 3,619 indicated horsepower (2,699 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 1 single-expansion steam engine |
| Speed: | 12.83 knots (23.76 km/h; 14.76 mph) |
| Crew: | 620 |
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SMS Lissa, named for the Battle of Lissa, was a unique ironclad warship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1860s and 1870s, the only member of her class. She was the first casemate ship built for Austria-Hungary, she was armed with a main battery of twelve 9-inch (229 mm) guns in a central armored casemate, unlike the earlier broadside ironclads. Construction of the ship lasted from June 1867 to May 1871, and was delayed by budgetary shortfalls; the lack of funding also plagued the ship during her career, preventing her from taking an active role in the fleet. She spent the majority of her time in service in Pola, apart from a lengthy reconstruction in 1880–1881. Lissa was ultimately stricken from the fleet in 1892 and broken up for scrap starting the following year.
Lissa was 86.76 meters (284.6 ft) long at the waterline and 89.38 m (293.2 ft) long overall. She had a beam of 17.32 m (56.8 ft) and an average draft of 8.5 m (28 ft). She displaced 7,086 metric tons (6,974 long tons; 7,811 short tons). Her hull and most of the upper works, including the casemate, were wooden with iron plating attached, though the sides on either end of the casemate were iron-built. The ship was fitted with a ram bow. She had a crew of 620 officers and enlisted men.
Her propulsion system consisted of one single-expansion, horizontal, 2-cylinder steam engine that drove a single screw propeller that was 6.62 m (21.7 ft) in diameter. Steam was provided by seven boilers with thirty fireboxes; the boilers were trunked into a single funnel located amidships. Her engine produced a top speed of 12.83 knots (23.76 km/h; 14.76 mph) from 3,619 indicated horsepower (2,699 kW), though on speed trials conducted on 9 May 1871, the ship reached a speed of 13.29 knots (24.61 km/h; 15.29 mph). At top speed, the ship had a cruising radius of 1,420 nautical miles (2,630 km; 1,630 mi). To supplement the steam engine, Lissa was originally fitted with a full ship rig with 3,112 square meters (33,500 sq ft). In 1886, her rigging was cut down significantly to 1,404 m2 (15,110 sq ft).
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