SMS Helgoland (1867)

For other ships with the same name, see SMS Helgoland.
Class overview
Operators Austro-Hungarian Navy
Preceded byErzherzog Friedrich class
Succeeded bySMS Fasana
History
NameSMS Helgoland
BuilderPola Navy Yard, Pola
Laid down17 September 1866
Launched23 December 1867
Completed3 April 1869
Decommissioned1890
FateScrapped, 1897
General characteristics
TypeScrew corvette
Displacement1,798 long tons (1,827 t)
Length74.26 m (243 ft 8 in)
Beam11.38 m (37 ft 4 in)
Draft5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Installed power1,127 ihp (840 kW)
Propulsion
Speed10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Complement235
Armament
  • 2 × 7 in (178 mm) Armstrong guns
  • 4 × 8-pounder guns
  • 1 × 3-pounder gun

SMS Helgoland was a screw corvette of the Austro-Hungarian Navy built in the late 1860s. She was the only member of her class.

Design

Helgoland was a screw corvette,[1] sometimes referred to as a sloop, of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She was 74.26 m (243 ft 8 in) long overall, with a beam of 11.38 m (37 ft 4 in) and a draft of 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in). The ship had a displacement of 1,798 long tons (1,827 t). Her crew numbered 235 officers and enlisted sailors.[2]

The ship was powered by a single 2-cylinder, horizontal marine steam engine that drove a screw propeller. The number and type of boilers is not known, but smoke from the boilers was vented through a single funnel located amidships, between the fore- and main mast. The propulsion system was capable of generating 1,127 indicated horsepower (840 kW), for a top speed of 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph). The ship was fitted with a three-masted sailing rig to supplement the steam engine on long voyages.[2]

Helgoland was armed with a main battery of two 7 in (178 mm) muzzle-loading guns manufactured by Armstrong. She also carried four 8-pounder guns and a single 3-pounder gun.[2]

Service history

Helgoland was built at the Pola Navy Yard, with her keel laid on 17 September 1866. She was launched on 23 December 1867, and she was completed on 3 April 1869.[2] Sharply reduced naval budgets in the late 1860s and early 1870s curtailed most activities for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, apart from occasional training cruises for the fleet's cruising vessels. Helgoland was first activated for one such voyage in 1872; she sailed to South America, visiting Brazil and touring the West Indies, before re-crossing the Atlantic and touring the entirety of Africa, first along the coast of North Africa, before passing through the Suez Canal and circumnavigating the continent. She eventually arrived home in 1875.[3]

The ship next went abroad in 1879 for a cruise to Australia, where she represented Austria-Hungary at the Sydney International Exhibition, which lasted until 1880. Helgoland thereafter returned to Pola.[4] Helgoland embarked on another overseas cruise in 1886, once again visiting ports in western and southern Africa.[5]

Helgoland was decommissioned in 1890,[6] and was broken up for scrap in 1897.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Sondhaus, p. 5.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sieche & Bilzer, p. 276.
  3. ^ Sondhaus, p. 40.
  4. ^ Sondhaus, p. 61.
  5. ^ Sondhaus, p. 83.
  6. ^ Sondhaus, p. 392.

References

  • Sieche, Erwin & Bilzer, Ferdinand (1979). "Austria-Hungary". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 266–283. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
  • Sondhaus, Lawrence (1994). The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867–1918. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-034-9.

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