SMS Novara (1850)

Image of frigate Novara from expedition report Voyage of the Austrian Frigate Novara around the Earth (1861–1876), published in 21 volumes written over 15 years.
History
Austria-Hungary
NameSMS Novara
NamesakeBattle of Novara (1849)
BuilderVenetian Arsenal, Venice
Laid down20 September 1843
Launched4 November 1850
CompletedJune 1851
Commissioned(pre-1862) Full-rigged frigate
DecommissionedHulked, 22 August 1876
ReclassifiedGunnery training ship, 22 June 1881
Stricken22 October 1898
FateScrapped, 1899
General characteristics as reconstructed in 1862
TypeScrew frigate
Displacement2,615 t (2,574 long tons)
Length76.79 m (251 ft 11 in)
Beam14.32 m (47 ft 0 in)
Draft5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Installed power1,200 ihp (890 kW)
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 steam engine
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement550
Armament

SMS Novara was a sail frigate of the Austro-Hungarian Navy most noted for sailing the globe for the Novara Expedition of 1857–1859 and, later for carrying Archduke Maximilian and wife Carlota to Veracruz in May 1864 to reign as Emperor and Empress of Mexico.