SMS Magnet
SMS Magnet was a torpedo boat destroyer, the only ship in her class, built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in Germany during the 1890s. Completed in 1896, she served in World War I and was ceded to Italy as war reparations in 1920. The ship was scrapped shortly afterwards.
Design and description
Magnet measured long overall with a beam of, and a draft of at deep load. The ship normally displaced. She was propelled by two triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from four Thornycroft boilers]. The engines produced a total of for an intended maximum speed of. During her sea trials, Magnet reached a sustained speed of for five hours. She carried of coal which was enough to give her a range of at knots. Their crew numbered 85 officers and men.The main armament of Magnet consisted of six guns. One gun each was positioned on the forecastle and the stern. Two guns were located on the superstructure and the remaining pair abreast the rear funnel; these guns were on the broadside. The ships were equipped with three torpedo tubes in single, rotating mounts. Two of these was located on the broadside aft of the forward funnel the while the other was positioned between the aft superstructure and the stern gun. After Magnet had her stern blown off by a torpedo in 1916, the ship was rearmed with two 45-caliber Škoda guns that replaced her bow and stern guns. A Schwarzlose M.7/12 anti-aircraft machine gun was also added.