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Schwarzenberg

Schwarzenberg

Survived

Austrian Navy

TypeFrigate
WarsSecond Schleswig War, Third Italian War of Independence
Main guns6 × 60-pounder guns

Screw frigate and Tegetthoff's flagship at Heligoland, where she was set on fire three times. Fought again at Lissa in 1866.

Austro-Hungarian frigate SMS Schwarzenberg; the drawing appears to show her before conversion to a steam frigate in 1861-62. Photo: Unknown, PD · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 60-pounder Paixhans guns
  • 40 × 30-pounder muzzleloading guns
  • 4 × 24-pounder breechloading guns
BuilderVenetian Arsenal, Venice
Laid down1851
Launched23 April 1853
Displacement2,614 long tons (2,656 t) (full load)
Length74 m (242 ft 9 in) length overall
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement547

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

Career

Launched

23 April 1853

9 May 1864 · Second Schleswig War

Tegetthoff's flagship; set on fire three times

20 July 1866 · Third Italian War of Independence

Stricken

Survived

20 November 1890