![]() Kaiserin Elisabeth at anchor
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Name | SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth |
Builder | Pola Navy Yard |
Launched | 25 September 1890 |
Fate | Scuttled 2 November 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 3,967 long tons (4,031 t) |
Length | 103.7 m (340 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 14.75 m (48 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion | 8,450 ihp (6,300 kW), two shafts |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
Armament |
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SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth was a Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class protected cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Named in honor of the Empress Elisabeth, consort of Emperor Franz Josef, the cruiser was designed for overseas service and in fact was stationed in China at the outbreak of World War I in 1914.