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Szigetvár 1905

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Zenta			Marinearsenal Pola	8.8.1896	18.8.1897	28.5.1899	sunk 16.8.1914
Aspern			Marinearsenal Pola	4.10.1897	3.5.1899	29.5.1900	accommodation ship 1918
Szigetvár			Marinearsenal Pola	25.5.1899	29.10.1900	30.9.1901	accommodation ship 1918

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2313
Displacement full, t	Zenta: 2503 Aspern: 2625 Szigetvár: 2562
Length, m	96.9 oa 96.0 wl
Breadth, m	11.7
Draught, m	4.24
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 4-cyl VTE, 8 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	8160
Max speed, kts	20.8
Fuel, t	coal 500
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(12)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 40 with 50mm slopes, casemates: 35, CT: 50
Armament	8 x 1 - 120/37 G. L/40 SC.96, 8 x 1 - 47/40 SFK L/44 S, 2 x 1 - 47/30 SFK L/33 H, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 2 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement	308

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Project history

Although obsolete these three light cruisers saw active service at the beginning of the WWI. During the war the remaining two units were de-activated.

Ship protection

Steel deck had 40mm flat and 50mm slopes. Casemates were protected by 35mm steel. CT had 50mm sides.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Zenta was the leader of six torpedo boats blockading the Montenegrin coast. During a one hour sea battle she was sunk by French battleships on 16.8.1914. The torpedo boat Ulan, accompanying her, escaped. Aspern was disarmed in 1918 and served as an accommodation ship at Pola. Szigetvár was disarmed in 1918 and served at the Torpedo Warfare School as an accommodation and target ship. Both were ceded to Great Britain as war reparation, but were sold to Italy and scrapped there in 1920.