,_jugoslawische_Schiffe.jpg) Beograd (right) and Dubrovnik (left) in the Bay of Kotor after being captured by Italy in April 1941
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| Name | Beograd |
| Namesake | Belgrade |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes, France |
| Launched | 23 December 1937 |
| Commissioned | 28 April 1939 |
| Out of service | 17 April 1941 |
| Fate | Captured by Italy |
 Italy | |
| Name | Sebenico |
| Namesake | Šibenik |
| Acquired | 17 April 1941 |
| In service | August 1941 |
| Out of service | 9 September 1943 |
| Fate | Captured by Germany at Venice |
 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | TA43 |
| Acquired | 9 September 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk or scuttled at Trieste on 30 April or 1 May 1945 |
| Notes | Raised in June 1946, scuttled in July 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Beograd-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 9.45 m (31 ft) |
| Draught | 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
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Beograd was the lead ship of her class of destroyers, built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy in France during the late 1930s, and designed to be deployed as part of a division led by the flotilla leader Dubrovnik. She entered service in April 1939, was armed with a main battery of four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in single mounts, and had a top speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph).
When Yugoslavia entered World War II due to a German-led Axis invasion in April 1941, she was damaged by a near miss during an air attack, and was then captured by the Italians. After refitting, she saw extensive service with the Royal Italian Navy from August 1941 to September 1943, completing over 100 convoy escort missions in the Mediterranean under the name Sebenico, mainly on routes between Italy and the Aegean and North Africa. Following the Italian armistice in September 1943, she was captured by the German Navy and redesignated TA43. They enhanced her anti-aircraft armament and she served with the 9th Torpedo Boat Flotilla on escort and minelaying duties in the northern Adriatic. TA43 was sunk or scuttled at Trieste on 30 April or 1 May 1945. Raised in June 1946, probably to remove her as a navigation hazard, she was scuttled again in either July 1946 or in 1947.