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LEITHA river monitors (1872/1919)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Leitha     Elso Magyar Pest-Fiumei Hajógyár Rt, Újpest 1870 5/1871 3/1872 // 3.1919 dredger 1.1921
Maros     Elso Magyar Pest-Fiumei Hajógyár Rt, Újpest 7/1870 4/1871 3/1872 // 3.1919 BU 1.1921


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

310
Displacement full, t315
Length, m

50.6
Breadth, m

8.10
Draught, m

1.10
No of shafts2
Machinery2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.700
Max speed, kts

8
Fuel, t

coal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armour, mmsteel; side: 44, deck: 25, CT: 50
Armament

Leitha: 1 x 1 - 120/33 G. L/35 C.80, 1 x 1 - 66/37 SFK L/42 (Skoda), 1 x 1 - 66/16 G. L/18, 1 x 1 - 8.3/66

Maros: 1 x 1 - 120/33 G. L/35 C.80, 3 x 1 - 66/16 G. L/18, 3 x 1 - 8.3/66
Complement

59


Standard scale images


<i>Leitha </i>1915
Leitha 1915
<i>Maros </i>1915
Maros 1915


Project history

River monitors. Capitally rebuilt in 1893-1894. In March 1919 both passed under control of the Hungarian Soviet Republic but scrapped two years later.

Ship protection

Hull was protected by 44mm sides and 25mm deck, CT had 50mm sides.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.