An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau reporting that the Austrian protected cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth was to be rearmed. The 2-24cm turret guns were to be replaced by 2-15cm L40 quick firing guns. The idea behind the rearmament was that the reduce of weight of the superstructure would improve the seaworthiness just like by the Kaiser Franz Joseph I. The number of 4,7cm guns would be increased to compensate the loss of total weight of shells which could be fired.(1)
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1. Laid down at the Seearsenal, Polo [Pula, Croatia on 1 July 1888, launched on 25 September 1890, commissioned on 24 January 1892 and scuttled at the German naval base Tsingtao, China to prevent capture by the Japanese on 2 November 1914.
