SMS Árpád

SMS *Árpád*
	Árpád in 1914
History
Austria-Hungary
Name	Árpád
Namesake	Árpád, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
Builder	STT
Laid down	10 June 1899
Launched	11 September 1901
Commissioned	15 June 1903
Fate	Scrapped, 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Habsburg-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	8,232 long tons (8,364 t); 8,748 long tons (8,888 t) full load;
Length	375 ft 10 in (114.6 m)
Beam	65 ft (19.8 m)
Draft	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Installed power	14,307 ihp (10,669 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines, 16 Belleville boilers
Speed	19.65 knots (36.39 km/h; 22.61 mph)
Complement	638
Armament	3 × 24 cm (9.4 in)/40 cal. Krupp C97 guns; 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in)/40 cal. Krupp C96 guns; 10 × 6.6-centimeter (2.6 in)/45 cal Skoda guns; 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in)/44 cal Skoda QF guns; 2 × 4.7-cm/33 cal Skoda QF guns; 2 × 45-centimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Waterline belt: 180–220 mm (7.1–8.7 in); Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in); Turrets & Casemates: 210–280 mm (8.3–11.0 in); Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in);

SMS Árpád was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the early 20th century. She was launched on 11 September 1901 as the second of three Habsburg-class battleships. Along with her sister ships, she participated at the bombardment of Ancona during World War I. Due to a shortage of coal, she was soon decommissioned after the bombardment of Ancona and used as harbor defense ship for the remainder of the war. After the war, all of the Habsburg-class battleships were ceded to Great Britain as war prizes. She was scrapped in Italy in 1921.

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