SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth

Kaiserin Elisabeth at anchor
History
Austria-Hungary
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	2 × 9.4 in (24 cm)/35 6 × 5.9 in (15 cm)/35 2 × 66 mm (2.6 in)/18 5 × 47 mm (1.9 in)/44 guns 4 × 4.7 cm L/33 Hotchkiss guns 3 × 3.7 cm L/23 Hotchkiss guns 4 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes

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.