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Kaiser 1865

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Kaiser			Marinearsenal Pola	25.3.1855	5.10.1858	1859	hulk 1902

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	modernization 1873
Displacement normal, t	5194
Displacement full, t		5720
Length, m	74.0 pp 81.0 oa	77.8 wl
Breadth, m	16.2	17.8
Draught, m	7.90	7.37
No of shafts	1	1
Machinery	1 2-cyl HSE	1 2-cyl HRCR, 4 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	800	2786
Max speed, kts	12	11.5
Fuel, t	coal	coal 440
Endurance, nm(kts)		1520(10)
Armour, mm	---	wrought iron; belt: 152 - 102, casemates: 140, deck: 18
Armament	16 x 1 - 160/17 60pdr SBML, 74 x 1 - 160/11 30pdr SBML	10 x 1 - 229/15 Armstrong 12-ton MLR, 6 x 1 - 106/17 L/19.4 M.63 RML
Complement	904	471

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Project history

Wooden 92-gun screw ship of the line. In 1869 an inspection of the old 91-gun ship of the line showed that the framing was in good condition. She was docked on 2.2.1869 and wooden planks were renewed, she was given a new bow and stem, and the hull above water was rebuilt in iron. She emerged as a casemate ship similar to Lissa. She retained her old machinery but had superheaters to obtain more power.

Modernizations

early 1860s: armament consisted of 2 x 1 - 149/18 G. L/21 M.61 (MLR), 16 x 1 - 177/16 40pdr SBML, 74 x 1 - 160/11 30pdr SBML

(2/1869-12/1873): ship was rebuilt as central battery ironclad with data as given in the table:

Ship protection after modernization

The belt was 152mm amidships and 102mm fore and aft, it was backed by 787mm wood and extended from 1.7m under wl. Casemate over the belt was protected by 140mm sides and 127mm transverse bulkheads on the 711mm wooden back, it was also closed by 18mm deck.

Later modernizations

1882: - 6 x 1 - 106/17; + 6 x 1 - 87/22 G. L/24 M.75, 2 x 1 - 66/16 G. L/18

1885: + 3 - 350 TT (1 bow, 2 beam)

1890s: + 4 x 1 - 47/30 SFK L/33 H, 3 x 5 - 47/22 SFK L/25 H, 4 x 5 - 25/41 Nordenfeldt

Naval service

In 1902 Kaiser was renamed Bellona and became an accommodation hulk. She remained at Pola until the end of the First World War and was transferred to Italy for BU in 1920.