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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Szamos			Schoenichen, Újpest	12/1891	25.8.1892	10/1892 // 3.1919	dredger 1.1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	448
Displacement full, t
Length, m	54.0
Breadth, m	9.00
Draught, m	1.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	1200
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	Körös: side: 50, deck: 19, CT: 75 Szamos: side: 50, deck: 19, CT: 50
Armament	2 x 1 - 120/31 G. L/35 C.87, 2 x 1 - 66/37 SFK L/42 (Skoda), 2 x 1 - 8.80
Complement	72

Standard scale images

Project history Szamos and Körös became

Szamos and Körös became the ancestors of the whole family of the Danube monitors. Very successful ships for their time. In March 1919 passed under control of the Hungarian Soviet Republic but scrapped two years later.

Ship protection

Hull was protected by 50mm sides and 19mm deck, CT had 50mm(Szamos)-75mm(Körös) sides.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.