BARBETOVÉ ARMOUR busbox CLASS SHIPS Kronprinz Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 60s of the 19th century

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BARBETOVÉ ARMOUR busbox CLASS SHIPS Kronprinz Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 60s of the 19th century became known to fans of naval warfare by participating in the battles of Heligoland and Lissy. Especially victory at Lissy over the stronger Italian fleet enrolled only in the imaginary Hall of Fame local fleet, but also in the history of naval battles in general and admiral Tegetthoff is still one of the most famous admirals of the 19th century. busbox The victorious battle some time benefited themselves and navy, which in the following decade began construction of new armored vehicles Liss, Custoza, ERZGERZOG ALBRECHT and Tegetthoff, to which must be added the former KAISER row boat converted into a kasematovou armored ship and a greater number of frigates and corvettes a displacement busbox from 1300 to 3400 tons. However, in the 80s, the pace of construction of a capital units and significantly slowed in this decade was made by the local shipyard had only two armored ships. Barbetové armor originated in France in early 70s of the 19th century and quickly spread to other fleets maritime powers as cannon placed in barbetách had a wider field of fire than guns installed in the previously used kasematách. Also, Austria-Hungary stood two barbetové armor, which are usually referred to as class Kronprinz, but the differences in their size, armor, armor and structure are too large, they can be considered as one class. Maximilian von Sterneck Daublebsky Their projects arose early 80s of the 19th century, and their implementation will take into account the requirements of the local Navy Command, headed by a veteran of the Battle of Lissa, Maximilian von Sterneck Daublebsky who still believed that naval battles will decide attacks Naval ram, which was adapted busbox to the construction of the planned units. The ships were named Crown Prince Rudolf and ERZHERZOG KRONPRINZESSIN ERTHERZOGIN STEFANIE in honor of Crown Prince Rudolf and his wife. It was the first Austro-Hungarian units a capital, which lacked sails, and vice versa for the first local kompaundními armor fitted with armor. Most of the states that is designed by famous designer Moriz Soyka, but some sources (eg Conway's or author Taras) is attributed to the Czech engineer Josef Kuchinka. Kronprinz ERZHERZOG busbox RUDOLF project respects the requirements Navy command, so that the unit had heavy artillery positioned in such a manner as to permit a strong fire forward, which was advantageous in klounovém attack. Won the contract arsenal in Pula and the keel was founded on January 25 1884 in the shipyard at Olive island. The grand launching occurred on June 6