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Design
Saida was 79.44 m (260 ft 8 in) long overall, with a beam of 13.14 m (43 ft 1 in) and a draft of 5.83 m (19 ft 2 in) normally, which increased to 6.11 m (20 ft 1 in) at full load. The ship had a displacement of 2,662 long tons (2,705 t). Her crew varied over the course of her career, ranging from 333 to 359 officers and enlisted sailors.
The ship was powered by a single 2-cylinder, horizontal marine 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 1,790 indicated horsepower (1,330 kW), for a top speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). The ship was fitted with a three-masted sailing rig to supplement the steam engine on long voyages.
Saida was armed with a main battery of eleven 15 cm (5.9 in) 25-caliber breechloading guns. She also carried a 7 cm (2.8 in), 15-caliber landing gun that could be taken ashore by a landing party. In 1892, two 25 mm (0.98 in) machine guns were installed. A further refit in 1904 reduced the number of 15 cm guns to eight, and the 25 mm machine guns were replaced by a pair of 47 mm (1.9 in), 33-caliber quick-firing guns.
Service history
Notes
- ^ Sieche & Bilzer, p. 276.
- Sieche & Bilzer, p. 275.
References
- Greger, René (1976). Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0623-2.
- Sieche, Erwin & Bilzer, Ferdinand (1979). "Austria-Hungary". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 266–283. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
- Sondhaus, Lawrence (1994). The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867–1918. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-034-9.