SMS Budapest was a Monarch-class coastal defense ship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1890s. After their commissioning, Budapest and the two other Monarch-class ships made several training
A model of Budapest at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
Coastal defence ships were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during the period from 1860 to 1920. They were small, often cruiser-sized warships that sacrificed speed and range
SMS Budapest
…SMS Budapest ("His Majesty's Ship Budapest") was a Monarch-class coastal defense ship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1890s. After their commissioning, Budapest and the two other Monarch-class ships made several training cruises…
The Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen, one of the last examples of the type.
Gustaf V in 1930 after refit and merged funnels.
Side and top views of ARA Independencia in Brassey's 1899 edition