Novara class cruiser

Novara, after the Battle of the Otranto Straits
Class overview
Name:	Novara
Operators:	Austro-Hungarian Navy, Regia Marina, French Navy
In service:	1914-1937
Completed:	Three ordered and commissioned
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Light cruiser
Displacement:	3,380 tons (designed) 4010 tons (full load)
Length:	130.64 m (428.6 ft)
Beam:	12.79 m (42.0 ft)
Draught:	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 16 x Yarrow boilers, 6 x Parsons steam turbines 30,178 shp (22,504 kW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h)
Complement:	340
Armament:	9 × 10 cm (3.9 in) guns 1 × 7 cm (2.8 in) gun 6 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Belt 60mm Deck 20mm gun shields 40mm - 8mm conning tower 50 mm

The Novara class, known as Rapidkreuzer or Helgoland-Klasse (in English literally rapid cruiser ) was a class of light cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy active during the First World War. The ships were an improved design of the earlier SMS Admiral Spaun, which had been laid down in 1908.

Three ships were built and commissioned:

Ship	Builder	Launched	Completed
edit] Design Main armament for the ships were nine 10 cm guns and six torpedo tubes, an improvement over Admiral Spaun by two 10 cm guns. The lightly armored ships had a top speed of 27 knots (50 km/h). The weak point of the Novara class was its relatively light armament. Guns of caliber 12 or 15 cm were considered but not added due to the war situation. Another three ships with 12 cm guns and maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h), projected as a replacement of Zenta class, never got over planning phase. Service history Together with the Tatra class torpedo boats they were ideally suited to the naval warfare of the Adriatic sea. Numerous fast raids on Italian ports were undertaken, the most spectacular action was the successful attack of Novara, Helgoland, and Saida on the Otranto Barrage on 15 May 1917; the three cruisers, along with two destroyers and three German U-boats sank 14 trawlers. After the war the ships were given to the victorious Entente powers: France incorporated Novara under the name Thionville into its fleet (scrapped in 1942). Italy took over Helgoland and Saida as Brindisi and Venezia (both scrapped in 1937). References Greger, René (1976). Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0623-7.  Erwin Sieche: "Kreuzer und Kreuzerprojekte der k.u.k. Kriegsmarine 1889-1918", Hamburg 2002 (ISBN 3-8132-0766-8 and ISBN 3-7083-0012-2) Paul Schmalenbach: "Kurze Geschichte der k. u. k. Marine", Herford 1970 (ISBN 3-7822-0047-0) External links Details and photos of Admiral Spaun (text in German) Details and photos of Saida, Helgoland and Novara (text in German) Post war distribution of Austro-Hungarian warships Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Andrew Gill (coach) Germantown High School (Wisconsin) Look at other dictionaries: Classe Novara — SMS Novara en chantier Histoire …   Wikipédia en Français SMS Novara (1912) — SMS Novara [In German language for ship names, SMS means Seiner Majestät Schiff (in English: His Majesty s Ship ). See more at: Kaiserliche Marine .] was a Novara class light cruiser that served in the Austro Hungarian Navy during World War I.… …   Wikipedia SMS Novara — Two ships of the Austro Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Novara after the Battle of Novara (1849):*SMS Novara (1850), a sail frigate most noted for its 1857 1859 around the world scientific expedition, and also for carrying Archduke Maximillian …   Wikipedia U-10 class submarine — SM U 10, the class leader of the U 10 class Class overview Builders: Germaniawerft, Kiel (1)[1] …   Wikipedia List of cruisers — This is a so far incomplete list of cruisers 1860 present. It includes protected, light, armoured, battle , heavy and missile cruisers. Dates are launching dates. Argentina * Patagonia (1885) * Necochea (1890) Renamed Veinticinco de Mayo * Nueve… …   Wikipedia HMS Bristol (1910) — Town Klasse HMS Bristol Übersicht …   Deutsch Wikipedia SM U-14 (Austria-Hungary) — French submarine Curie (Q87) redirects here. For other ships of the same name, see French submarine Curie An Austro Hungarian wartime postcard of the submarine in Austro Hungarian Navy service as SM U 14 …   Wikipedia SMS Admiral Spaun — was a unique light cruiser of the Austro Hungarian Navy. Three other ships were built to similar specifications as the Admiral Spaun , but with different propulsion, and increased armament.OverviewAround the turn of 19/20th century major navies… …   Wikipedia Austro-Hungarian Navy — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Austro Hungarian Navy (K.u.K Kriegsmarine) caption=Austro Hungarian Naval Ensign (1914) dates=1867 ndash;1920 country= Austria Hungary allegiance= House of Habsburg branch=Military type=Navy role=Defense of the… …   Wikipedia Adriatic Campaign of World War I — The Adriatic Campaign of World War I was a naval campaign fought during World War I between the Austro Hungarian Navy, and the Mediterranean squadrons of the United Kingdom, France, and the Kingdom of Italy. It consisted mainly of Austro… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”