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Franz Josef I  later Jupiter

Photo by kind courtesy of Markus Graf

Built in 1916 at Budapest
Engines : Compound Diagonal
Dimensions : 78 m x 9.0 / 17.4 m

Launched as Franz Josef I but renamed Jupiter after the First World War
Converted to oil firing in 1936
Sunk by a mine in 1944, near kilometre post 1064

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