SMS Zrínyi (Ship of His Majesty "Zrinyi") - Austro-Hungarian battleship - pre - dreadnought of the type "Radetzky" . He participated in the First World War as part of the Austro-Hungarian Navy . It is named after the Croatian nobleman and commander Miklos Zriny, who heroically fought and died in 1566 during the siege of the city of Sigetvar by the Turkish troops.
| Zrinyi | |
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| him. SMS Zrínyi | |
 Armadillo Zrinyi | |
| Service | |
 Austria-Hungary | |
| Class and type of vessel | armadillo / pre - dreadnought type "Radetzky" |
| Port of registry | Trieste |
| Organization | Naval Forces of Austria-Hungary |
| Manufacturer | STT |
| Construction started | November 15, 1909 |
| Launched | April 12, 1910 |
| Commissioned | July 1911 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | November 22, 1918 |
| Status | transferred to the USA as a trophy on November 22, 1919 |
| Service | |
 USA | |
| Class and type of vessel | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Commissioned | November 22, 1919 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | November 7, 1920 |
| Status | resold Italy and scrapped |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 14,700 t |
| Length | 139 m |
| Width | 25 m |
| Draft | 8.1 m |
| Reservation | belt: 230 mm deck: 48 mm bulkheads: 54 mm main gun turrets: 250 mm secondary gun turrets: 200 mm casemates: 120 mm command tower: 250 mm |
| Engines | 2 triple vertical steam engines, 12 Yarrow boilers |
| Power | 20 000 liters with. |
| Mover | 2 screws |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Sailing range | 4,000 nautical miles (10 knots) |
| Fuel supply | 1350 tons of coal (fuel) |
| Crew | 880-890 people |
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| Mine torpedo armament | Three 450 mm torpedo tubes |
During World War I, Zrinyi operated in the Adriatic Sea . He served in the 2nd battleship division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. During May 1915, it fired at the key Italian seaport of Ancona . However, control by the Allied fleet of the Otranto Strait blocked the exit of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic and the command had to abandon strategic goals. However, the presence of Zrigny and other battleships distracted the great forces of the Allied fleets. By the end of 1918, Zrinyi was prepared for the transfer to the fleet of the newly formed State of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (future Yugoslavia), however, on November 10, 1918, the Yugoslav sailors handed over the ship to the Americans. Following the transfer to the United States Navy, Zrinyi was briefly incorporated into the United States Navy. Soon the ship was handed over to Italy, where it was scrapped.
Service History
Literature
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- Sokol, Anthony. The Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy. - Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1968.
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- Zrínyi . Date of treatment September 8, 2009.