SMS Lika (1917)

History
Austria-Hungary
NameLika
BuilderGanz-Danubius, Porto Ré, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Laid down24 August 1916
Launched8 May 1917
Completed6 September 1917
FateCeded to Italy, 1920
Kingdom of Italy
NameCortellazzo
Acquired1920
Stricken5 January 1939
FateScrapped, 1939
General characteristics
Class and typeErsatz Triglav-class destroyer
Displacement
Length85.28 m (279 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed32.6 knots (60.4 km/h; 37.5 mph)
Range500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at full speed
Complement114
Armament

SMS Lika[Note 1] was one of four Ersatz Triglav-class destroyers built for the kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine (Austro-Hungarian Navy) during the First World War. Completed in 1917, she participated in several unsuccessful raids on the Otranto Barrage later that year. She was transferred to Italy in 1920 in accordance with the peace treaties ending the war and renamed Cortellazzo. The Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) kept her in service until 1939 and the ship was subsequently scrapped.
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