SMS Aurora
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 Aurora, with her funnel retracted, date unknown | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Austro-Hungarian Empire | |
| Name | SMS Aurora |
| Builder | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste |
| Laid down | 11 November 1871 |
| Launched | 20 November 1873 |
| Completed | 1 July 1874 |
| Fate | Ceded to Yugoslavia, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Aurora-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,353 long tons (1,375 t) |
| Length | 69.08 m (226 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 10.45 m (34 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power | 1,000 ihp (750 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Sail plan | Barque |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 210 |
| Armament |
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SMS Aurora was a screw corvette of the Austro-Hungarian Navy built in the early 1870s; she was the lead ship of the Aurora class.
Aurora was an Aurora-class corvette, sometimes referred to as sloops, of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She was 69.08 m (226 ft 8 in) long overall and 59.1 m (193 ft 11 in) long between perpendiculars. She had a beam of 10.45 m (34 ft 3 in) and a draft of 5 m (16 ft 5 in). The ship had a displacement of 1,353 long tons (1,375 t). Her crew numbered 210 officers and enlisted sailors.[1]
The ship was powered by a single triple-expansion 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 1,000 indicated horsepower (750 kW), for a top speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph). On her initial sea trials, Aurora reached a top speed of 11.2 knots (20.7 km/h; 12.9 mph) from 1,165 ihp (869 kW). The ship was fitted with a three-masted sailing rig to supplement the steam engine on long voyages.[1]
Aurora was armed with a main battery of four 15 cm (5.9 in) Wahrendorf breechloading guns. She also carried a pair of 7 cm (2.8 in) guns and two 25 mm (0.98 in) machine guns. By 1891, the ship's armament had been revised significantly. Two of the 15 cm guns, one of the 7 cm guns, and both of the 25 mm machine guns were removed, and a new light battery of four 9 cm (3.5 in) guns and two 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss revolving cannon were installed.[1]
