Dalmat (yacht)

Dalmat
SMS Dalmat with the coffins of the victims of the Sarajevo assassination on board (1914)
History
NameOssero
NamesakeItalian name for Osor, Croatia[1]
BuilderStabilimento Tecnico Triestino in Trieste
Launched1896
Out of service1899
FateTransferred to Austro-Hungarian Navy
History
Austria-Hungary
Name
  • Ossero (1899-1901)
  • Dalmat (from 1901)
Namesake
Acquired1899
Out of service1920
FateTransferred to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia)
History
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
NameDalmat
NamesakeAlternative name for a person of the ancient Dalmatae tribe[2]
In service1920
Out of service1941
FateCaptured by Italy
Italy
NameFata
NamesakeItalian for "fairy"[3]
Acquired1941
Out of service1943
FateReturned to Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
NameVila
NamesakeSerbo-Croatian[4] and Slovene[5] for "fairy"
Acquired1943
Out of service1945
FateTransferred to Yugoslav Navy post-war
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Name
  • Orjen (1945-1954)
  • Istranka (from 1954)
Namesake
Acquired1945
Decommissioned1970
FateIn private ownership at Split
General characteristics
Displacement260 long tons (264 t)
Length44 metres (144 ft)
Beam6.2 metres (20 ft)
Height3.5 metres (11 ft)
Installed power325 horsepower (242 kW)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

The Dalmat was a yacht of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, Royal Yugoslav Navy, Regia Marina and the Yugoslav Navy. Built as Ossero in Trieste in 1896 she was transferred to the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1899 and in 1901 renamed Dalmat. In 1914 she helped transport Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria to Sarajevo. After Ferdinand's assassination she carried his body back to Trieste. Dalmat was transferred to the Royal Yugoslav Navy in 1920 following the Dissolution of Austria-Hungary. She was captured by the Axis in 1941 and served the Italians as Fata. The vessel reverted to the Yugoslav Navy in 1943 following the Armistice of Cassibile and was renamed Vila. She remained in service under the communist government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, being renamed Orjen in 1945 and Istranka in 1954. Sometime after 1972 she was decommissioned and became a floating restaurant. She was put up for sale in 1998 but lay derelict in a Croatian shipyard until purchased and restored by Italian politician Gianfranco Cozzi. Cozzi was denied permission to sail the vessel from Croatia in 2003. The vessel remains in Split harbour where it has twice sunk due to lack of maintenance.

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