NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Брегалница [Bregalnica] (ex-Wels, ex-l)		1290	Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary	1915	22.10.1915	1916 // 12.1918	to Hungary 4.1920 (Szeged)
Неретва [Neretva] (ex-Barsch, ex-m)		1291	Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary	1915	1915	1916 // 12.1918	to Austria 4.1920 (Barsch)

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	133
Displacement full, t	?
Length, m	44.0
Breadth, m	6.00
Draught, m	1.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets AEG geared steam turbines, 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 Austria-Hungarian boats l and m, renamed as Wels and Barsch in 1916. Wels and Barsch were interned by Yugoslavia in December 1918 and commissioned by its Navy as Bregalnica and Neretva in January 1919.

Ship protection

Bullet-proof.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In April 1920, Wels was transferred to Hungary and Barsch to Austria.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.