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L river patrol vessels (1916)


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Compó 1916 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
l, 1916- Wels   1290 Ganz & Danubius, Budapest 1.1915 22.10.1915 3/1916 to Yugoslavia 1.1919 (Брегалница [Bregalnica])
m, 1916- Barsch   1291 Ganz & Danubius, Budapest 1915 1915 3/1916 to Yugoslavia 1.1919 (Неретва [Neretva])
n, 1916- Compó   1292 Ganz & Danubius, Budapest 1915 1916 3/1916 to Austria 11.1920 (Compó)
o, 1916- Viza   1293 Ganz & Danubius, Budapest 1915 1916 4/1916 to Austria 11.1920 (Viza)


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

129
Displacement full, t133
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, toil 18
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armour, mm

belt: 8, deck: 6, turret: 5, CT: 5
Armament

2 x 2 - 66/24 G. L/26 K.15 BAK, 4 x 1 - 8.80
Complement

27


Standard scale images


<i>Viza </i>1917
Viza 1917


Graphics


<i>Compó </i>1916 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Compó 1916 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Built as Patrouillenbote (patrol boats), received names in 1916. 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.  

Ship protection

There was only splinter protection.

Modernizations

1918, all: + mechanical minesweeping gear

Naval service

In December, 1918 Wels and Barsch were interned at Beograd, in January, 1919 they were commissioned by Yugoslavian Danube flotilla as Bregalnica and Neretva. Compó and Viza in 1919 served with Hungarian Danube flotilla. 15.4.1920, as result of partition of Austro-Hungarian Navy, Wels and Viza were received by Hungary; they were commissioned in 1921 and 1923 respectively as Szeged and Kecskemét. Barsch and Compó refer to Austria with former names, the truth, Compó was never commissioned and 6.10.1927 sold to Hungary. She passed major repairs at Dyor and in 1929 was commissioned as Györ. 30.7.1929 Barsch also was sold to Hungary and was named Baja.

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