SMS Prinz Eugen (1912)

SMS Prinz Eugen

Prinz Eugen as a target ship.
History
Austria-Hungary
Name:	SMS Prinz Eugen
Namesake:	Prince Eugene of Savoy
Builder:	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
Laid down:	16 January 1912
Launched:	30 November 1912
Commissioned:	8 July 1914
Fate:	Sunk as gunnery target, 1922
General characteristics
Class and type:	Tegetthoff-class battleship
Displacement:	20,000 t (19,684 long tons) standard
Length:	152 m (498 ft 8 in)
Beam:	27.9 m (91 ft 6 in)
Draught:	8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	12 Yarrow boilers 4 Parsons steam turbines, 27,000 hp (20,134 kW) 4 shafts
Speed:	20.4 knots (23.5 mph; 37.8 km/h)
Range:	4,200 nmi (7,800 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement:	1041: 32 officers, 16 petty-officers, 993 men
Armament:	12 × 305 mm (12 in) guns in triple turrets 12 × 150 mm (6 in) guns in single casemates 18 × 70 mm (3 in) guns in single mountings 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Belt, barbettes, turrets and conning tower: 11 in (279 mm) Deck: 1.4 in (36 mm)

SMS Prinz Eugen  was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship of the Tegetthoff class. Prinz Eugen was built at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino yard, Trieste. During World War I, Prinz Eugen supported the escape of SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau as well as the bombardment of Ancona.

She remained in port in Pola for the rest of the war until she took part in an ill-fated raid on the Otranto Barrage in 1918 that resulted in the loss of her sister ship, SMS Szent István. Following the end of the war in late 1918, Prinz Eugen was surrendered to France and later sunk as a target ship in 1922.

Launched in late March 1912, Prinz Eugen had an overall length of 152 metres (498 ft 8 in), a beam of 27.9 metres (91 ft 6 in), and a draught of 8.7 metres (28 ft 7 in) at deep load. She displaced 20,000 tonnes (19,684 long tons) at load and 21,689 tonnes (21,346 long tons) at deep load.

Prinz Eugen had four Parsons steam turbines, each of which was housed in a separate engine-room. The turbines were powered by twelve Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,134 kW), which was theoretically enough to attain her designed speed of 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h), but no figures from her speed trials are known to exist. She carried 1,844.5 tonnes (1,815.4 long tons) of coal, and an additional 267.2 tonnes (263.0 long tons) of fuel oil that was to be sprayed on the coal to increase its burn rate. At full capacity, she could steam for 4,200 nautical miles (7,800 km) at a speed of 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h).