The damaged Austrian cruiser Novara after the battle of the Otranto Straits, 15 May 1917. |
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| Career (Austro-Hungary) | |
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| Name: | Novara |
| Namesake: | Battle of Novara in 1849 |
| Laid down: | 1912 |
| Launched: | 1913 |
| Career (France) | |
| Name: | Thionville |
| Namesake: | Thinonville, France |
| Decommissioned: | 1942 |
| Status: | scrapped 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Novara class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,380 tons (designed) 3,940 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 130.64 m (428.6 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.79 m (42.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 16 x Yarrow boilers, 6 x Parsons steam turbines 25,130 shp |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Complement: | 327 |
| Armament: | 9 × 10 cm (3.9 in) guns 1 × 7 cm (2.8 in) gun 6 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes |
SMS Novara[1] was a Novara class light cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy which served during World War I.[2]
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In 1912, the cruiser Novara[2] was constructed for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, of the improved Spaun class design. As a smaller cruiser, the four-funnel Novara had a displacement of 3,500 tons, a length of 424 feet, beam 42 feet, and a complement of 318 crew. It carried armament of nine 3.9 inch and one 47mm landing gun, plus four 17.7 inch torpedoes. Its power/speed was 25000 hp/27 knots, and it had an armour belt of 2.5 inches and deck armour of 0.75 inches.
Novara was the flagship of Admiral Miklós Horthy, later regent of Hungary. The vessel took part in the attack on the Otranto Barrage on 14/15 May 1917, during which 14 Allied trawlers were sunk. Novara was slightly damaged when an Allied shell fractured one of its steam pipes, leading to a loss of power. She limped home.[3]
Novara was given to France following the end of World War I.[2] The ship was renamed Thionville and incorporated into the French fleet. The ship was scrapped in 1942.
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