Leitha-class river monitor

Class overview
NameLeitha
BuildersPest Flumaner Schiffbau, Budapest
Operators
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byKörös class
Built1870–1872
In service1872–1918
Completed2
Retired1
Scrapped1
General characteristics
TypeRiver monitor
Length50.5 m (165 ft 8 in)
Beam8.65 m (28 ft 5 in)
Draught1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)
Installed power700 ihp (520 kW)
Propulsion2 screws; 2 double-expansion steam engines
Speed8.3 knots (15.4 km/h; 9.6 mph)
Armament

The Leitha class consisted of two river monitors built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy that saw service during World War I.

Ships

Ship Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
SMS Leitha Pest Flumaner Schiffbau, Budapest 1870 17 May 1871 13 October 1872 Museum ship, 20 August 2010
SMS Maros 20 April 1871 Scrapped, January 1921

Citations

Bibliography

  • Branfill-Cook, Roger (2018). River Gunboats: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-365-0.
  • Dodson, Aidan & Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after Two World Wars. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4198-1.
  • Freivogel, Zvonimir (2020). Warships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy 1918–1945. Vol. 1. Zagreb, Croatia: Despot Infinitus. ISBN 978-953-8218-72-9.
  • Greger, René (1976). Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0623-7.

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