Part I Fleets
Argentine
Argentine Confederation Iron-Clads
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
G = Armor.
H = Backing.
| Type and Name. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | Battery. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-turreted Monitors. | Ft. | Ft. | Ft. | Tons. | Knots | In. | Ft. | ||
| El Plata | 165 | 44 | 10½ | 1,800 | 750 | 12 | 5½ | 12 | II 9-inch Armstrong |
| El Andes | 165 | 44 | 10½ | 1,800 | 750 | 12 | 5½ | 12 | II 9-inch” |
General-Service Fleet
| Type and Name. | Displacement. | Guns. |
|---|---|---|
| Tons. | ||
| Iron Corvettes. | ||
| Parana | 800 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 800 | 2 |
| Iron Screw Gun-boats. | ||
| Constitucion | 750 | 1 |
| Republica | 750 | 1 |
| Bermejo | 750 | 1 |
| Pilcomayo | 750 | 1 |
| Gun-boats. | ||
| Almirante Brown | 1,000 | 6 |
| Vigilante | 400 | 1 |
| Resguando | 400 | 1 |
| Coronel Paz | 700 | 3 |
| Pavon | 600 | 2 |
| Gualeguaz | 300 | 1 |
| Paddle Gun-boats. | ||
| Luisita | 120 | 1 |
| Choelechoel | 120 | 1 |
| Gonzalo | 150 | 1 |
| Rio Negro | 220 | 1 |
| Torpedo vessels. | Thorneycroft. | |
EL PLATA.EL ANDES.
High-sided ram monitors. Armored belt, casemate, and single turrets. Ram bow and round stern. Twin screws and half sail-power. (See Buffel, Dutch.)
PARANA. URUGUAY.
Iron, second-class corvettes, sheathed with wood, carrying two 6½-inch pivots amidships, two 20-pdrs. in broadside, and a light forecastle gun. Covered poop and forecastle. Bridge just forward of the main mast. Single screw, full sail-power.
CONSTITUCION. REPUBLICA. BERMEJO. PILCOMAYO.
Iron, double-screw, second-class gun-boats, carrying one 12-inch gun firing through a bow-port. (See Alpha, Chinese.)
Austria
Armored Fleet
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Construction Material.
F = Greatest thickness of Armor.
| Type and Name. | A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ft. | Ft. | Ft. in. | Tons. | In. | ||
| Redoubt Frigates. | ||||||
| Tegetthoff | 287 | 71 | 26 7 | 7,300 | Iron | 14½ |
| Custoza | 302 | 58 | 25 10 | 7,060 | ″ | 9 |
| Erzherzog Albrecht | 276 | 54 | 23 3 | 5,940 | ″ | 8 |
| Casemate Frigates. | ||||||
| Lissa | 275 | 55 | 28 2 | 6,080 | Wood | 6¼ |
| Kaiser | 264 | 59 | 25 8 | 5,810 | ″ | 6¼ |
| Don Juan | 222 | 44 | 22 6 | 3,550 | Iron | 8 |
| Kaiser Max | 222 | 44 | 22 6 | 3,550 | ″ | 8 |
| Prinz Eugen | 222 | 44 | 22 6 | 3,550 | ″ | 8 |
| Broadside Frigates. | ||||||
| Ferdinand Max | 253 | 51 | 24 10 | 5,140 | Wood | 5 |
| Hapsburg | 253 | 51 | 24 10 | 5,140 | ″ | 5 |
| Salamander | 197 | 44 | 21 3 | 3,110 | ″ | 4¾ |
| Monitors. | ||||||
| Maros | 160 | 27 | 3 6 | 310 | Iron | 2 |
| Leitha | 160 | 27 | 3 6 | 310 | ″ | 2 |
| Spalato | Experimental single-turreted citadel ship | |||||
G = Backing.
H = Indicated Horse-power.
I = Maximum Speed.
J = Date of Launch.
| Type and Name. | G | H | I | J | Battery. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In. | Knots | Year | |||
| Redoubt Frigates. | |||||
| Tegetthoff | 10 | 7,200 | 14 | 1878 | VI 11-inch Krupp. |
| Custoza | 7 | 4,650 | 14 | 1872 | VIII 10-inch ″ |
| Erzherzog Albrecht | 8 | 4,000 | 13½ | 1872 | VIII 9-inch ″ |
| Casemate Frigates. | |||||
| Lissa | 28 | 3,700 | 13½ | 1869 | XII 9-inch ″ |
| Kaiser | 29 | 3,130 | 12½ | 1871 | X 9-inch Armstrong. |
| Don Juan | 8 | 2,900 | 13 | 1875 | VIII 8¼-inch Krupp. |
| Kaiser Max | 8 | 2,866 | 13¼ | 1875 | VIII 8¼-inch ″ |
| Prinz Eugen | 8 | 2,900 | 13 | 1876 | VIII 8¼-inch ″ |
| Broadside Frigates. | |||||
| Ferdinand Max | 26 | 2,912 | 12½ | 1865 | XIV 7-inch Armstrong. |
| Hapsburg | 26 | 3,090 | 12½ | 1865 | XIV 7-inch ″ |
| Salamander | 23½ | 2,060 | 11½ | 1861 | X 7-inch ″ |
| Monitors. | |||||
| Maros | 8 | 320 | 8½ | 1871 | II 5¾-inch Wahrendorf. |
| Leitha | 8 | 320 | 8½ | 1871 | II 5¾-inch ″ |
| Spalato | II 17-inch Armstrong. | ||||
TEGETTHOFF.
Partial armored belt and long redoubt. Ram bow, straight overhanging stern. The armored belt encircles the water-line aft and as far forward as the commencement of the bow-frames, where it ends in an armored bulkhead, the lower edge being carried forward in a heavy steel deck, the thickness of the belt being carried out to the bow with cork filling. The belt rises to the height of the main-deck beams. The redoubt has an overhang of five feet, being cut back in the wake of the centre-ports as a protection to the muzzles of the guns. The corners are cut and hollowed for angular ports, giving bow and beam fire. The sides are given a rank tumble home forward and abaft the redoubt, to open the fore-and-aft fire. An armored pilot-house rises well above the spar-deck rail at the forward end of the redoubt. A heavily armored athwartship bulkhead crosses the redoubt just abaft the forward guns as a protection from raking fire. Three-quarter sail-power, barkentine rig, single screw.
CUSTOZA.ERZHERZOG ALBRECHT.
Armored belt and double-decked casemate; ram bow, round overhanging stern, single screw, full sail-power. The armored belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, the casemate rising sheer to the top of the spar-deck rail. Forward, the side is carried back from the main-deck up, parallel to the keel, to open bow-fire from the forward guns. Aft, the side is recessed for the upper deck alone. Stern-fire is secured from a single unprotected heavy spar-deck rifle working in three ports for stern and beam fire. The Albrecht has 1200 tons less displacement than the Custoza, with a lighter battery and a speed one half knot less. The casemate guns each work in two ports for fore-and-aft and beam fire.
LISSA. KAISER.
Armored belt, casemate, and spar-deck redoubt. Ram bow, round overhanging stern, single screw, full sail-power. The belt encircles the ship to the height of the main-deck beams. There is no fore-and-aft fire from the casemate, that being secured by an upper-deck redoubt mounted on the forward end of the casemate and having an overhang of about five feet. (See Sultan’s spar-deck redoubt.) Mixed construction, the armored part of the hull being of wood and the unarmored upper works of iron.
DON JUAN. KAISER MAX. PRINZ EUGEN.
Armored belt and casemate, ram bow, round overhanging stern, single screw, full sail-power. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, coming down forward in a curve over the point of the ram. The casemate rises to the spar-deck beams. The side forward on the main-deck is recessed to open forward fire from the casemate. No after-fire from the casemate, that being secured by unprotected light stern-guns. These ships are rebuilt from broadside iron-clads.
FERDINAND MAX. HAPSBURG. SALAMANDER.
Broadside frigates; ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. The armor is complete from below the water-line to the spar-deck beams, coming down forward in steps, below the point of the ram, to give a heavy support and a strong junction between the wooden hull and the armor. Armored pilot-house just abaft the main-mast. There is a light armored traverse forward, forming the forward part of the spar-deck rail and protecting a bow-gun working in two large bow-ports for fore-and-aft and beam fire. The Ferdinand Max is the frigate that sank the Re d’Italia by ramming at the battle of Lissa.