A WELL-PRESENTED 1:75 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE AUSTRIAN HAPSBURG CLASS BATTLESHIP BABENBERG, AS LAUNCHED [1903]

with laminated and carved wooden 53in. hull, with white topsides, planked fruitwood decks, with painted and polished metal fittings and armament as appropriate, masts rigged with yards and gaffs, stayed funnels with ventilators and engine room lights, fitted steam launch and six others in davits, companionway, deck lights, compass platform and private commander's balcony to stern, mounted on launching blocks to wooden display base with glazed cover, overall measurements -- 24 x 62 x 17½in. (61 x 157.5 x 44.5cm.)

S.M.S. Babenburg was the last of three 'Habsburg' class battleships built at Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste and launched by Countess Marianne von Goess in October 1902. Displacing 8,823 tons and measuring 375ft with a 65ft beam and 24.6ft draft, her two shaft four-cylinder vertical triple expansion engines powered by 16 Belleville boilers produced a healthy 19.85kts. Manned by 638 officers and crew, she sported a wide range of arms including 2 x 9in; 12 x 5.9in.; 10 x 2.6in.; 6 x 1.9in.; 2 x 1¾in. guns, and two 17.7in. torpedo tubes. Along with her sister ships Hapsberg and Árpád, she participated at the bombardment of Ancona during World War I. At the end of the war, she was given to Great Britain as a war prize but was scrapped in Italy in 1921.

Condition Report

Fine overall condition.

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