SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
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Kaiser
Franz Joseph was the first of two cruisers of the I
class that were built for Austria-Hungarian navy. She
was launched 18.May 1889 and put in service the year
after. After the outbreak of world war one, her sister
ship Kaiserin
Elisabeth was lost in November 1914 in Asia, but Kaiser
survived the war.. She participated in operations
against Montenegro in January 1916 and was thereafter
laid up in Bocce
di Cattaro. After the war she was confiscated by France,
and while she laid at anchor in Cattaro she sunk during
a gale 17.October 1919. Salvaging was done on the wreck
in the 1920 and 1960s, and today the remains rest on a
depth of 25 to 45 meter outside Dubrovnik.
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 Picture: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I Courtesy of Naval History & Heritage Command Last updated: September 2019 |
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