NAVYPEDIA

Photo

Szeged 1925

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Szeged (ex-Wels, ex-Bregalnica, ex-Wels, ex-l)			Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary	1915	22.10.1915	1916 // 4.1920	captured by USA 8.5.1945, BU 1949
Baja (ex-Barsch, ex-Neretva, ex-Barsch, ex-m)			Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary	1915	1915	1916 // 7.1929	captured by USA 8.5.1945, sold mercantile late 1940s
Compo, 10.1927- Györ (ex-Compo, ex-n)			Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary	1915	1916	1916 // 1.1919	to Austria 4.1920 (Compo), purchased again 10.1927, captured by USA 8.5.1945, BU 1949
Viza, 4.1920- Kecskemét (ex-Viza, ex-o)			Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary	1915	1916	1916 // 1.1919	captured by USA 8.5.1945, BU 1949

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	129
Displacement full, t	133
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 Baja: 2 x 1 - 75/27 G. L/30 K.16 BAG, 2 x 2 - 8.3/83
Complement	40

Standard scale images

Graphics

Project history

Former Austro-Hungarian river armoured gunboats i, m, n, o, built at Budapest. In 1916, at once after completion, they were renamed Wels, Barsch, Compo and Viza respectively. 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. In December, 1918 Wels and Barsch were interned at Beograd, in January, 1919 they were commissioned by Yugoslavian Danube flotilla as Bregalnica and Neretva. Compo 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 Compo refer to Austria with former names, the truth, Compo 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.

Ship protection

Bullet-proof protection.

Modernizations

1923-1929, Szeged, Kecskemét: - 2 x 2 - 66/27; + 2 x 1 - 75/27 G. L/30 K.16 BAG

1928, Györ: - 2 x 2 - 66/27; + 2 x 1 - 75/56 Bofors m/28, 1 x 1 - 50/12 mortar

1940, Szeged, Baja, Kecskemét: + 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38

1944, Györ: + 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

Naval service

Szeged, Kecskemét, Györ and Baja 8.5.1945 were captured by American troops in Austria and in 1949 were broken up in Hungary, except Baja, served as icebreaker on Danube till 1950s, her further fate is unknown.