SMS Babenberg

SMS Babenberg

SMS Babenberg in 1914
History
Austria-Hungary
Name	Babenberg
Namesake	House of Babenberg
Builder	STT
Laid down	19 January 1901
Launched	4 October 1902
Christened	Countess Marianne von Goess
Completed	15 April 1904
Fate	Scrapped, 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Habsburg-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	8,232 long tons (8,364 t) 8,823 long tons (8,965 t) full load
Length	375 ft 10 in (114.6 m)
Beam	65 ft (19.8 m)
Draft	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Installed power	16,000 ihp (11,931 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines, 16 Belleville boilers
Speed	19.85 knots (36.76 km/h; 22.84 mph)
Complement	638
Armament	3 × 24 cm (9.4 in)/40 cal. Krupp C97 guns 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in)/40 cal. Krupp C96 guns 10 × 66 mm (2.6 in)/45 cal Skoda guns 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in)/44 cal Skoda QF guns 2 × 4.7 cm/33 cal Skoda QF guns 2 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Waterline belt: 180–220 mm (7.1–8.7 in) Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in) Turrets & casemates: 210–280 mm (8.3–11.0 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)

SMS Babenberg^[a] was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She was launched on 4 October 1902 as the last of three Habsburg-class battleships. Along with her sister ships, she participated at the bombardment of Ancona during World War I. At the end of the war, she was given to Great Britain as a war prize. She was scrapped in Italy in 1921.
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