Technical Information about Austrian and Italian Ships





Ferdinand Max


Dimensions 70.2 m × 12.8 m × 6.3 m
Displacement 3,645 tonnes
Top speed 11.5 knots
Armament Fourteen 14-pounders, sixteen 48-pounders
Armour 110 mm belt
Launched March 1862




Kaiser


Dimensions 77.7 m × 17.7 m × 7.3 m
Displacement 5,811 tonnes
Top speed 11.5 knots
Armament Ten 228 mm guns
Launched 1862




Salamander


Dimensions 62.8 m × 13.9 m × 6.3 m
Displacement 3,075 tonnes
Top speed 11.3 knots
Armament Fourteen 150 mm guns, fourteen 68-pounder guns
Launched August 1861




Erzherzog Friedriech


Dimensions 67.8 m × 12 m × 5 m
Displacement 1,724 tonnes
Top speed 8.9 knots
Armament Seventeen 30-pounders
Launched April 1857





Messaggero


Dimensions 72 m × 9 m × 3.6 m
Displacement 1,240 tonnes
Top speed 14 knots
Armament Two 120 mm guns
Launched May 1863




Esploratore


Dimensions 71.7 m × 9 m × 3.6 m
Displacement 1,239 tonnes
Top speed 17 knots
Armament Two 120 mm guns
Launched 1863




Affondatore


Dimensions 93.9 m × 12 m × 6.3 m
Displacement 4,393 tonnes
Top speed 12 knots
Armament Two 254 mm muzzle-loading rifled guns
Armour 127 mm belt and turrets
Launched November 1865




Formidabile, Terribile


Dimensions 65.8 m × 13.6 m × 5.4 m
Displacement 2,769 tonnes
Top speed 10 knots
Armament Sixteen 164 mm, four 203 mm guns
Launched October 1861




Re d'Italia


Dimensions 84.3m × 16. 6 m × 6.7 m
Displacement 5,791 tonnes
Top speed 12 knots
Armament thirty 160 mm, two 200 mm, two 72-pounder guns
Launched 1863




Palestro, Varese


Dimensions 64.8 m × 13 m × 5.6 m
Displacement 2,642 tonnes
Top speed 8 knots
Armament One 165 mm, four 203 mm guns
Armour 120 mm belt
Launched September 1865



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