NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Stör (ex-p)			Ganz & Danubius, Budapest	1916	2/1918	8/1918	to Hungary 1.1919 (Komárom)
Lachs (ex-q)			Ganz & Danubius, Budapest	1916	1918	8/1918	to Hungary 1.1919 (Pozsony)
r			Ganz & Danubius, Budapest	1916	1918	---	BU incomplete

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	129
Displacement full, t	140
Length, m	45.5
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.	1400
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	oil 18
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	belt: 10, deck: 6, turret: 5, CT: 10
Armament	Stör, Lachs: 2 x 1 - 75/27 G. L/30 K.16 BAG, 6 x 1 - 8.80 r: 2 x 1 - 90/42 G. L/45 K.16 TAG/BAG
Complement	42

Standard scale images

Project history

Development of Wels class with increased dimensions and new artillery, capable to conduct AA fire. They were laid down in 1916 as p and q; commissioned in August, 1918 as Stör and Lachs.

Ship protection

There was only splinter protection.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

After disintegration of Austro-Hungary they were commissioned by Hungarian Danube flotilla as Komárom and Pozsony, but 15.4.1920, as results of partition of Austro-Hungarian Navy, former was headed out to Austria and 14.5.1921 was commissioned by Austrian flotilla with former name. Pozsony in 1924 passed major repairs at Debrezen and renamed Debrecen. 6.10.1927 Stör was sold to Hungary and in 1930, after repair and re-equipment, was commissioned as Sopron.