Kaiser Max-class ironclad (1862)

Photo of Prinz Eugen c. 1870
Class overview
Operators:	Austro-Hungarian Navy
Preceded by:	Drache class
Succeeded by:	Erzherzog Ferdinand Max class
Built:	1861–1863
In commission:	1863–1873
Completed:	3
Scrapped:	3
General characteristics
Displacement:	3,588 t (3,531 long tons; 3,955 short tons)
Length:	70.78 meters (232.2 ft) pp
Beam:	10 m (33 ft)
Draft:	6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Installed power:	1,926 indicated horsepower (1,436 kW)
Propulsion:	1 single-expansion steam engine
Speed:	11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph)
Range:	1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew:	386
Armament:	16 × 48-pounder guns 15 × 24-pounder guns 1 × 12-pounder gun 1 × 6-pounder gun
Armor:	Belt: 110 mm (4.3 in)

The Kaiser Max class of broadside ironclads was a group of three vessels built for the Austrian Navy in the 1860s. The class consisted of the lead ship, Kaiser Max, Prinz Eugen, and Juan de Austria.

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References

• Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
• Sondhaus, Lawrence (1994). The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867–1918. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557530349.
• Wilson, Herbert Wrigley (1896). Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895. London: S. Low, Marston and Company.