Drache-class armoured-frigate

The Drache-class ironclads were a pair of wooden-hulled armored frigates built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1860s, the first ironclads built for Austria-Hungary. Ordered in response to a pair of Italian ironclads in 1860, Drache and Salamander were laid down in early 1861, launched later that year, and completed in 1862. They participated in the Austrian victory over the Italians in the Battle of Lissa, where Drache destroyed the coastal defense ship Palestro, one of two Italian ships sunk in the action. Both ships were withdrawn from front-line service in 1875. Drache's hull was in poor condition, so she was discarded and eventually broken up in 1883, and Salamander became a harbor guard ship. She was hulked in 1883 and converted into floating storage for naval mines before being scrapped in 1895–1896.

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1862 — 1883  Wikimedia, Wikidata
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  SMS Salamander ⓘ
  1861 Drache-class armoured frigate

Frameless

Drache (ship, 1862) - NH 87016

Drache 1861

Drache (ship, 1862) - NH 87016 (cropped)

Drache (ship, 1862) - NH 87015

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		SMS Salamander	armored frigate, Drache-class armored-frigate	Wikidata
commons	image		Drache (ship, 1862) - NH 87016		Commons
commons	image		Drache 1861		Commons
commons	image		Drache (ship, 1862) - NH 87016 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Drache (ship, 1862) - NH 87015		Commons