SMS Novara (1913)
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The damaged Austrian cruiser Novara after the battle of the Otranto Straits, 15 May 1917.
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 Austro-Hungary |
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| Name: | Novara |
| Namesake: | Battle of Novara in 1849 |
| Laid down: | 1912 |
| Launched: | 1913 |
 France |
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| Name: | Thionville |
| Namesake: | Thionville |
| Decommissioned: | 1942 |
| Status: | scrapped 1942 |
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| Class & type: | Novara-class cruiser |
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| Length: | 130.64 m (428.6 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.79 m (42.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 5 m (16 ft) |
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| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Complement: | 327 |
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SMS Novara[1] was a Novara-class light cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy which served during World War I.[2]
Construction
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In 1912, the cruiser Novara[2] was constructed for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, based on an improved design of SMS Admiral Spaun. As a smaller cruiser, the four-funnel Novara had a displacement of 3,500 tons, a length of 424 feet (129 m), beam of 42 feet (13 m), and a complement of 318 crew. The ship carried armament of nine 3.9-inch (99.1 mm) guns and one 47-mm landing gun, plus four 17.7-inch (449.6 mm) torpedoes. The ship's engines provided 25,130 shp (18,740 kW) of power giving Novara a maximum speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). The cruiser had an armour belt of 2.5 inches (64 mm) and deck armour of 0.75 inches (19 mm).
Service history
Novara was the flagship of Admiral Miklós Horthy, later regent of Hungary. The vessel took part in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto on 14/15 May 1917, during which 14 Allied trawlers were sunk. Novara was slightly damaged when an Allied shell fractured one of its steam pipes, leading to a loss of power. She limped home.[3]
Novara was awarded to France following the end of World War I.[2] The ship was renamed Thionville and incorporated into the French fleet. The ship was scrapped in 1942. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Notes
- ↑ In German language for ship names, "SMS" means "Seiner Majestät Schiff" (in English: "His Majesty's Ship"). See more at: Kaiserliche Marine.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "SMS Novara, Austrian Postal History" (mail ship & postmark), Stamp Domain, 2001-09-30, StampDomain.com webpage: StampDom-Novara.
- ↑ Kemp, Peter, The Otranto Barrage, in History of the First World War, BPC Publishing Ltd., Bristol, 1971, p.2269.
References
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