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THIONVILLE light cruiser

Thionville 1920

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Thionville (ex-Novara)   Danubius, Fiume, Austria-Hungary 9/12/1912 15/2/1913 10/1/1915 // 20/9/1920 stricken 1932

 

Displacement normal, t

3500

Displacement full, t

4010

Length, m

129.7 wl 130.6 oa

Breadth, m

12.8

Draught, m

5.30 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

AEG steam turbines, 16 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

30178

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

coal 800

Endurance, nm(kts) 1600(24)

Armour, mm

belt: 60, deck: 20, shields: 40, CT: 50

Armament

9 x 1 - 100/50 Škoda K10, 1 x 1 - 66/50 Škoda K16, 1 x 1 - 47/44 Škoda (landing), 3 x 2 - 533 TT

Complement

340

Ship project history: Ex-Austria-Hungarian cruiser, transferred as war reparation.

Ship protection: 60mm belt closed machinery spaces only and was connected with flat 20mm deck by top. Guns had 40mm shields.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Thionville was used as gunnery and torpedo TS, stricken in 1932 and served as accommodation hulk till 1941.

 

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