Tátra-class destroyer

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Class overview
Name	Tátra class
Builders	Ganz-Danubius, Porto Ré, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Operators	Austro-Hungarian Navy; Regia Marina;
Preceded by	Huszár class
Succeeded by	Ersatz Triglav class
Built	1911–1914
In service	1913–1937
In commission	1913–1937
Completed	6
Lost	2
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	850 t (840 long tons) (normal) ; 1,050 t (1,030 long tons) ( deep load);
Length	83.5 m (273 ft 11 in) ( o/a)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) (deep load)
Installed power	6 × Yarrow boilers; 20,500 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	105
Armament	2 × single 10 cm (3.9 in) guns; 6 × single 66 mm (2.6 in) guns; 2 × twin 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;

The Tátra class consisted of six

First World War

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Design and description

By the last years of the first decade of the 20th century,

kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine), recognized that the latest Huszár-class destroyers were already obsolete in comparison to larger and faster foreign destroyers. His 1910 expansion plan called for six new large destroyers powered by steam turbines and their construction was awarded to a Hungarian shipyard to secure Hungarian parliamentary approval of the expansion program.^[1]

The Tátra-class ships

deep load.^[2] The ships had a complement of 105 officers and enlisted men.^[3]

The Tátras were powered by two

kW), were intended to give the ships a speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph). Lika was the fastest ship of the class at 32.96 knots (61.04 km/h; 37.93 mph). The ships carried 125 metric tons (123 long tons) of oil and 104 metric tons (102 long tons) of coal^[4] which gave them a range of 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).^[5]

The main armament of the Tátra-class destroyers consisted of two 50-

anti-aircraft mountings during the war. They were also equipped with four 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes in two twin rotating mountings aft of the funnels.^[6]

Ships

Construction data
Ship	Builder^[5]	Laid down^[5]	Launched^[5]	Completed^[7]	Fate
SMS Tátra	Ganz-Danubius, Porto Ré	19 October 1911	14 November 1912	12 October 1913	Transferred to Italy, renamed Fasano, discarded, 1923^[8]
SMS Balaton		6 November 1911	16 November 1912	3 November 1913	Transferred to Italy, renamed Zenson, discarded, 1923^[8]
SMS Csepel		59 January 1912	30 December 1912	29 December 1913	Transferred to Italy, renamed Muggia, sunk in a typhoon, 25 March 1929^[8]
SMS Lika		30 April 1912	15 March 1913	8 August 1914	Sunk by mine during the Battle of Durazzo, 29 December 1915^[5]
SMS Triglav		1 August 1912	22 December 1913	8 August 1914
SMS Orjen		4 September 1912	26 August 1913	11 August 1914	Transferred to Italy, renamed Pola, then Zenson, 1931, discarded, 1937^[8]

Service history

Six additional destroyers were authorised on 28 May 1914 to increase the number of modern destroyers in service, but construction was cancelled before they were laid down when World War I began in August.

References

Notes

^ Noppen, pp. 42, 50
^ Freivogel, p. 109
^ Sieche 1985a, p. 338
^ Freivogel, pp. 106—107
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Greger, p. 44
^ Freivogel, pp. 107—108
^ Noppen, p. 43
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Roberts, p. 287

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[1] Noppen, pp. 42, 50

[2] Freivogel, p. 109

[s8-3] Sieche 1985a, p. 338

[4] Freivogel, pp. 106—107

[g4-5] Greger, p. 44

[6] Freivogel, pp. 107—108

[n3-7] Noppen, p. 43

[r7-8] Roberts, p. 287

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v t e Tátra-class destroyers
Austro-Hungarian Navy	Tátra Balaton Csepel Lika Orjen Triglav
Regia Marina	Fasana (ex-Tátra) Zenson (ex-Balaton) Muggia (ex-Csepel) Pola / Zenson (ex-Orjen)
Preceded by: Huszár class Followed by: Ersatz Triglav class
List of destroyers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy

Austro-Hungarian Navy ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Tegetthoff Ersatz Monarch ^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Habsburg Erzherzog Karl Radetzky
Coastal defense ships	Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf ^S Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie ^S Monarch
Armored cruisers	Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia ^S Kaiser Karl VI ^S Sankt Georg ^S
Torpedo cruisers	Panther Tiger ^S
Protected cruisers	Kaiser Franz Joseph I Zenta
Scout cruisers	Admiral Spaun ^S Novara
Light cruisers	Ersatz Zenta ^X
Destroyers	Meteor ^S Blitz Planet ^S Trabant ^S Satellit ^S Magnet ^S Huszár Warasdiner ^S Tátra Ersatz Triglav ^X
Torpedo boats	Schichau Viper ^S Natter ^S Cobra Kaiman 110t 250t
U-boats	U-1 U-3 U-5 U-7 U-10 U-14 ^C U-20 U-27 U-43 U-48 U-50 U-52 U-101 U-107
River monitors	Körös Temes Enns Sava
Auxiliaries	Pola
S Single ship of class X Cancelled C Captured