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Dalmacija

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Далмација [Dalmacija] (ex-Niobe)		120	A G Weser, Bremen, Germany	30.8.1898	18.7.1899	25.6.1900 // 24.6.1925	captured by Italy 17.4.1941 (Cattaro)

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2360
Displacement full, t	2953
Length, m	104.4 wl 105.0 oa
Breadth, m	12.2
Draught, m	5.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 8 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	8110
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	coal 580
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armour, mm	steel / Krupp steel - deck: 25 - 20, slopes: 50, CT: 80
Armament	6 x 1 - 83/52 Škoda M.27, 4 x 1 - 47/40 L/44 Škoda, 2 x 1 - 15/84
Complement	300

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Project history

Former German protected cruiser Niobe. Under Versailles Treaty she was preserved as part of Reichsmarine, but really she was never commissioned again by Germans. 24.6.1925 she was sold to Yugoslavia and renamed Dalmacija. In 1925-1926 ship was rebuilt on Deutsche Werke, Kiel. The fore part undergone greatest alterations: ram stem was replaced by raking, forecastle deck lost characteristic turtleback form. Superstructures were altered; masts were significantly shortened and fitted with projector flats; besides, the foremast became tripod. All armament was removed. Ship was commissioned 3.9.1926. In 1927 at Tivat arsenal (Kotor Bay) new armament of Czechoslovak production was installed. Dalmacija was used as AA ship, depot and training ship.

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

17.4.1941 Dalmacija was captured at Kotor by Italian troops and commissioned by Regia Marina as coast defence ship Cattaro. 11.9.1943 she was captured by German troops at Pola and 6.12.1943 commissioned by Kriegsmarine as Niobe. 19.12.1943 she ran aground at island Silba (coast of Yugoslavia) and 22.9.1943 was destroyed by torpedoes from British MTBs.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.