Enns (river) below the Enns"). Finally, it meets the Danube at Mauthausen and the city of Enns. The Enns is a typical wild water river and draws its water from an area of more than , which is the fifth-largest in Austria. The average outflow at its mouth is . The Anisian Age in the Triassic Period of geological time is named from Anisus, the Latin name of the river Enns. In the middle of the 19th century, canals began to be built along the between Weißenbach and the Gesäuse, in order to make use of the water for agriculture and forestry.
Enns-class river monitor driving one shaft, using steam generated by two Yarrow boilers driving. The engines were rated at and were designed to reach a top speed of . They carried of fuel oil. The main armament of the "Enns"-class river monitors was a pair of /L45 guns in a single turret forward of the conning tower and three /L10 howitzers to the rear, in individual armored cupolas. They also mounted two individual /L50 BAG anti-aircraft guns, and six machine guns. The maximum range of her Škoda L/45 guns was . Her armour consisted of belt and bulkheads thick, deck armour thick, and