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Drache

Drache

Survived

Austrian Navy

TypeIronclad
WarThird Italian War of Independence
Main guns10 × 48-pounder smoothbore guns

Armoured frigate at Lissa.

Austrian ironclad Drache. Photographed after refit of 1868 at Pola. Photo: Unknown, PD-US · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

1862

  • 10 × 48-pounder smoothbore guns
  • 18 × 24-pounder rifled, muzzle-loading guns
  • 1 × 8-pounder landing gun
  • 1 × 4-pounder landing gun

1867

  • 10 × RML 7-inch (178 mm) guns
  • 2 × RML 2-inch (51 mm) guns

Armour

  • Waterline belt: 115 mm (4.5 in)
BuilderStabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
Laid downFebruary 1861
Launched9 September 1861
Displacement3,110 long tons (3,160 t)
Length70.1 m (230 ft)
Speed10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Complement346

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

9 September 1861

20 July 1866

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 1883