SMS Kígyó

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SMS Kígyó (left), before 1920
History
Austria-Hungary
NameSMS Kígyó
NamesakeHungarian for snake
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, England
Laid down1898
Launched11 April 1899
Completed31 January 1900
RenamedTorpedoboot 14, 1910
FateSold for scrapping, 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Cobra-class torpedo boat
Displacement132 long tons (134 t)
Length46.5 m (152 ft 7 in)
Beam4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Draft1.4 m (4 ft 7 in)
PropulsionReciprocating engines, 1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement2 officers, 20 men
Armament
  • 2 × 47 mm (1.9 in) L/33 guns
  • 3 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

SMS Kígyó was a torpedo boat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (KuK). In 1910, she was renamed Torpedoboot 14.

Design and construction[]

The Cobra-class torpedo boats were ordered in Great Britain for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, their design being based on the SMS Viper.[2]

The ship was built at the Yarrow shipyard in London.[2][3] The torpedo boat was laid down in 1898, was launched on 11 April 1899, and commissioned on 31 January 1900.[4]

Technical data[]

The ship was a small coastal torpedo boat.[4] The length of the design was 46.6 meters (152 ft 11 in) (45.9 m, 150 ft 7 in between the perpendiculars), the width was 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) and the draft was 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in).[4] Her standard displacement was 115 tons, and the full displacement was 135 tons.[4][5] The ship was powered by a triple-expansion steam engine with a design power of 1,800 horsepower (1,300 kW) (maximum 2,000 hp, 1,500 kW), steam supplied by two Yarrow boilers.[4][2] The single-screw propulsion system allowed to reach a speed of 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph).[4] She also held a stock of 30 tons of coal.

She was equipped with three 450 mm single torpedo tubes [2][3]. The artillery armament consisted of two single 47 mm L/33 Hotchkiss on-board cannons.

Operational history[]

In 1910, on the basis of the ordinance on the normalization of names, Kígyó was renamed Torpedoboot 14.[2] In 1913, she underwent a major renovation, and in 1914 she was adapted to act as a seaplane tender, one torpedo tube being removed to be replaced by a catapult.[2][4] Due to the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy on 1 November 1918, the KuK flag was hoisted on the vessel for the last time.[6] As a result of the Treaty of Trianon, the ship was awarded to Great Britain.[3][7] The vessel was scrapped in 1920.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "KuKKriegsmarine". www.kuk-kriegsmarine.at. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Ivan Gogin. "PYTHON torpedo Kigyots (1898-1900)". Navypedia. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London. p. 280.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Greger, René (1976). Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I. London. p. 53.
  5. ^ J. Gozdawa-Gołębiowski; T. Wywerka Prekurat (1994). Pierwsza wojna światowa na morzu. Warsaw. p. 528.
  6. ^ Rochowicz, Robert. The fate of the ships of the Austro-Hungarian fleet after October 30, 1918. p. 43.
  7. ^ Rochowicz, Robert. The fate of the ships of the Austro-Hungarian fleet after October 30, 1918. p. 47.
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