The Monfalcone heavy cruiser (left) in drydock in Construction Yard No. 68. 1915.
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History | |
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Republic of China | |
Name | Number 68/Liùshíbā Hào |
Builder | Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Austria-Hungary |
Cost | £880,000 |
Yard number | 68 |
Laid down | 15 April 1915 |
Fate | Requisitioned October 1917 by Austria-Hungary |
Austria-Hungary | |
Name | Number 68/Nummer 68 |
Acquired | October 1917 |
Fate | Incomplete, scrapped in 1922 |
General characteristics (as planned) | |
Type | armoured cruiser |
Displacement | 4,800 t (4,724 long tons) |
Length | 136.5 ft (41.6 m) |
Beam | 14.65 ft (4.47 m) |
Draught | 4.88 ft (1.49 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h) |
Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,560 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Armament |
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Armour |
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Number 68 (Chinese: 六十八號; pinyin: Liùshíbā Hào), also known as the Monfalcone large cruiser, was a planned, unique, armored cruiser ordered for the Republic of China Navy. The ship was never completed due to the start of World War I and was eventually scrapped. The ship was not given a name, being known only the yard construction number, 68.