Körös-class river monitor

Class overview
Name	Körös
Builders	Schönichen & Hartmann, Budapest
Operators	Austro-Hungarian Navy; Royal Yugoslav Navy;
Preceded by	Leitha class
Succeeded by	Temes class
Built	1890–1893
In service	1892–1944
Completed	2
Lost	1
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	River monitor
Displacement	448 t (441 long tons)
Length	54 m (177 ft 2 in)
Beam	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught	1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
Installed power	2 Yarrow boilers; 1,200 ihp (890 kW);
Propulsion	2 screws; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	77 officers and enlisted men
Armament	1 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 66 mm (2.6 in) AA guns; 2 × single machine guns;
Armour	Belt: 50 mm (2 in) ; Gun turrets: 50–75 mm (2–3 in); Deck: 19 mm (0.75 in); Conning tower: 50 mm (2 in) ; bulkheads: 50 mm (2 in);

The Körös class consisted of two river monitors built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy during the 1890s. They both served during World War I and were allocated to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after the war by the Allies. Szamos was disarmed and sold into civilian service in 1921 while Körös was renamed Morava and retained by the Royal Yugoslav Navy. The ship saw combat during the Invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers in 1941 during World War II, but was ultimately scuttled by her crew to prevent her capture.

Ships

Ship	New name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Körös	Morava	Schönichen & Hartmann, Budapest	1890	1892	1892	Scuttled, 11/12 April 1941
SMS Szamos	Tivadar	Schönichen & Hartmann, Budapest	1891	25 August 1892	1893	Disarmed and sold into civilian service, January 1921 Scrapped, 1989

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v t e Körös-class river monitors
Austro-Hungarian Navy	Körös Szamos
Royal Yugoslav Navy	Morava (ex-Körös)
Preceded by: Leitha class Followed by: Temes class
List of river monitors of the Austro-Hungarian Navy

Class overview

Name	Körös
Builders	Schönichen & Hartmann, Budapest
Operators	Austro-Hungarian Navy Royal Yugoslav Navy
Preceded by	Leitha class
Succeeded by	Temes class
Built	1890–1893
In service	1892–1944
Completed	2
Lost	1
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	River monitor
Displacement	448 t (441 long tons)
Length	54 m (177 ft 2 in)
Beam	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught	1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
Installed power	2 Yarrow boilers 1,200 ihp (890 kW)
Propulsion	2 screws; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	77 officers and enlisted men
Armament	1 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2 × single 66 mm (2.6 in) AA guns 2 × single machine guns
Armour	Belt: 50 mm (2 in) Gun turrets: 50–75 mm (2–3 in) Deck: 19 mm (0.75 in) Conning tower: 50 mm (2 in) bulkheads: 50 mm (2 in)