 Sketch of Schwarzenberg, probably in her original configuration
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators |  Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| Preceded by | SMS Novara |
| Succeeded by | Radetzky class |
| History | |
| Name | Schwarzenberg |
| Builder | Venetian Arsenal, Venice |
| Laid down | 1851 |
| Launched | 23 April 1853 |
| Completed | 1854 |
| Stricken | 20 November 1890 |
| General characteristics (1862 Refit) | |
| Type | Screw frigate |
| Displacement | 2,614 long tons (2,656 t) (full load) |
| Length | 74 m (242 ft 9 in) length overall |
| Beam | 14.88 m (48 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power | 1,700 ihp (1,300 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 547 |
| Armament |
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SMS Schwarzenberg was a frigate of the Austrian Navy, built in the 1850s, the only member of her ship class. She was converted into a screw frigate in the early 1860s. Schwarzenberg saw significant action during her career, leading the Austro-Prussian squadron at the Battle of Heligoland in the 1864 Second Schleswig War and participating in the Battle of Lissa during the Third Italian War of Independence.