 SMS Zara; Sebenico was similar in appearance
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| History | |
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 Austria-Hungary | |
| Name | Sebenico |
| Namesake | Sebenico (Šibenik) |
| Laid down | 20 July 1880 |
| Launched | 22 February 1882 |
| Commissioned | December 1882 |
| Fate | Ceded to Italy and scrapped, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Zara class |
| Displacement | 882.6 long tons (896.8 t) |
| Length | 64.91 m (213 ft) |
| Beam | 8.24 m (27 ft) |
| Draft | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.81 knots (23.72 km/h; 14.74 mph) |
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| Armament |
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| Armor | Deck: 19 mm (0.75 in) |
SMS Sebenico was a torpedo cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the third member of the Zara class, though built to a slightly different design to her two half-sister ships in an unsuccessful attempt to improve her speed. She was laid down in July 1880, launched in February 1882, and commissioned in December that year. Too slow to be used in her intended roles as a fleet scout and a flotilla leader, she saw little active service. She took part in an international naval demonstration off Crete in 1897, where she sank a Greek ship trying to break the blockade. Sebenico served as a training ship for the rest of her career, including with the artillery school from 1903 to 1915, and with the torpedo school until the end of World War I in 1918. Ceded to Italy as a war prize in 1920, she was then broken up for scrap.