Chinese cruiser Number 68

	The Monfalcone heavy cruiser (left) in drydock in Construction Yard No. 68. 1915.
History
Republic of China
Name	Number 68/Liùshíbā Hào
Builder	Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone, Austria-Hungary
Cost	£880,000
Yard number	68
Laid down	15 April 1915
Fate	Requisitioned October 1917 by Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Name	Number 68/Nummer 68
Acquired	October 1917
Fate	Incomplete, scrapped in 1922
General characteristics (as planned)
Type	armoured cruiser
Displacement	4,800 t (4,724 long tons)
Length	136.5 ft (41.6 m)
Beam	14.65 ft (4.47 m)
Draught	4.88 ft (1.49 m)
Propulsion	2-shaft, 2 Parson steam turbines; 16 dual coal/oil fired Yarrow boilers; 30,000 shp (22,000 kW);
Speed	28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,560 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h)
Armament	As Planned; 4 Škoda 203mm/50 K16 guns (2 × 2); 12 Škoda 120-millimetre (4.7 in)/50 (12 × 1); 2 450 mm Schwartzkopff torpedo tubes (2 × 1);
Armour	main belt: 60 to 100 mm (2.4 to 3.9 in); main deck: 25 to 65 mm (0.98 to 2.56 in); turrets: 100 mm (3.9 in); control tower: 100 mm (3.9 in);

Number 68 (Chinese: 六十八號; pinyin: Liùshíbā Hào), also known as the Monfalcone large cruiser, was a planned, unique, armored cruiser ordered for the Republic of China Navy. The ship was never completed due to the start of World War I and was eventually scrapped. The ship was not given a name, being known only the yard construction number, 68.