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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Barsch (ex-Neretva, ex-Barsch, ex-m)			Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary	1915	1915	1916 // 4.1920	to Hungary 7.1929 (Baja)
Compo (ex-n)			Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary	1915	1916	1916 // 4.1920	to Hungary 10.1927 (Györ)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	129
Displacement full, t	133
Length, m	44.0
Breadth, m	6.00
Draught, m	1.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 AEG geared steam turbines sets, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	1200
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	oil 18
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	belt: 8, deck: 6, turrets: 10, CT: 10
Armament	2 x 2 - 66/24 G. L/26 K.15 BAK, 2 x 2 - 8.3/66
Complement	40

Standard scale images

Project history

Former Austro-Hungarian river armoured gunboats m and n, built at Budapest. In 1916, at once after completion, they were renamed Barsch and Compo respectively. They had rather foremost for time steam turbines with a full gearing and thus, that they were the first-ever river boats with steam turbines! On trials they shown overall speed 17.3-18.5kts. In 1918 they were used as minesweepers on Black Sea, demonstrated quite good seaworthiness for river ship. In December, 1918 Barsch was interned at Beograd, in January, 1919 she was commissioned by Yugoslavian Danube flotilla as Bregalnica. Compo in 1919 served with Hungarian Danube flotilla. Barsch and Compo 15.4.1920, as result of partition of Austro-Hungarian Navy refer to Austria with former names.

Ship protection

Bullet-proof protection.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

30.7.1929 Barsch was sold to Hungary and was named Baja. Compo was never commissioned and 6.10.1927 sold to Hungary.