&sq=&lang=&file=File:Panzerfregatte_Don_Juan_d%27Austria_(IZ_43-1864_S_36_n_NGro%C3%9Fer).jpg) 1864 illustration of Don Juan d'Austria
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| History | |
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 Austrian Empire | |
| Name | Don Juan d'Austria |
| Namesake | John of Austria |
| Builder | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino |
| Laid down | October 1861 |
| Launched | 26 July 1862 |
| Commissioned | 1863 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kaiser Max class |
| Displacement | 3,588 long tons (3,646 t) |
| Length | 70.78 m (232 ft 3 in) pp |
| Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 1,926 indicated horsepower (1,436 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph) |
| Range | 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Crew | 386 |
| Armament |
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| Armor | Belt: 110 mm (4.3 in) |
SMS Don Juan d'Austria[a] was the third member of the Kaiser Max class built for the Austrian Navy in the 1860s. Her keel was laid in October 1861 at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard; she was launched in July 1862, and was completed in 1863. She carried her main battery—composed of sixteen 48-pounder guns and fifteen 24-pounders—in a traditional broadside arrangement, protected by an armored belt that was 110 mm (4.3 in) thick.
Don Juan d'Austria saw action at the Battle of Lissa in July 1866. There she was heavily engaged in the center of the melee; she traded broadsides with the Italian ironclad Re di Portogallo and was hit three times by the turret ship Affondatore, though she received little damage. After the war, Don Juan d'Austria was modernized slightly in 1867 to correct her poor seakeeping and improve her armament, but she was nevertheless rapidly outpaced by naval developments in the 1860s and 1870s. Obsolescent by 1873, Don Juan d'Austria was officially "rebuilt", though in actuality she was broken up for scrap, with only her armor plate, parts of her machinery, and other miscellaneous parts being reused in the new Don Juan d'Austria.
- ^ Sieche & Bilzer, p. 268.
- ^ Sondhaus, p. 72.
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