Cattaro 1941
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Cattaro (ex-Dalmacija, ex-Niobe) | A G Weser, Bremen, Germany | 30/8/1898 | 18/7/1899 | 25/6/1900 // 17/4/1941 | captured by Germany 11/9/1943 (Niobe) |
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Displacement standard, t |
2360 |
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Displacement full, t |
2953 |
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Length, m |
104.4 wl 105.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.2 |
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Draught, m |
5.31 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 8 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
8000 |
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Max speed, kts |
16 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 625 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(11) |
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Armour, mm |
steel / Krupp steel - deck: 25 - 20, slopes: 50, CT: 80 |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 83/55 Škoda M.27, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Scotti-Isotta Fraschini 1939 |
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Complement |
329 |
Ship project history: Ex-German Gazelle-class small cruiser was purchased by Yugoslavia 24/6/1925 and rebuilt at Deutsche Werke in Kiel in 1925-1926 (fore part was rebuilt, cruiser received new stem, forecastle deck had new form, superstructures and masts were also rebuilt), ship was commissioned again 3/9/1926. When Yugoslavia surrendered, ship was captured at Kotor and commissioned by Regia Marina as gunboat.
Ship protection: 25mm protective deck with 50mm slopes protected machinery, outside machine spaces 20mm deck had turtleback form. Engines had 80mm glacises. CT had 80mm sides and 20mm roof.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Cattaro 11/9/1943 was captured at Pola by German troops, renamed Niobe 6/12/1943, was wrecked off Silba 19/12/1943, finally sunk there by British / Yugoslavian MTB276 and MTB298, salvaged in 1947 and broken up in 1949.
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