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Kaiserin Elisabeth

SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth

Scuttled

Austro-Hungarian Navy

TypeProtected cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns2 × 9.4″ guns

Austro-Hungarian cruiser caught at Tsingtao in 1914. Her guns were taken ashore as a battery, and she was scuttled on 2 November.

The Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth at anchor. Photo: Unknown, PD · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × 9.4 in (24 cm)/35
  • 6 × 5.9 in (15 cm)/35
  • 2 × 66 mm (2.6 in)/18
  • 5 × 47 mm (1.9 in)/44 guns
  • 4 × 4.7 cm L/33 Hotchkiss guns
  • 3 × 3.7 cm L/23 Hotchkiss guns
  • 4 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes
BuilderPola Navy Yard
Launched25 September 1890
Displacement3,967 long tons (4,031 t)
Length103.7 m (340 ft 3 in)
Speed19 knots (35 km/h)

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

Career

Launched

25 September 1890

Siege of Tsingtao
Scuttled

27 August – 7 November 1914

Guns taken ashore