S.M.S. Zenta (1897)

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S.M.S. Zenta (1897)
Builder: Seearsenal, Pola[1]
Laid down: 8 Aug, 1896[2]
Launched: 18 Aug, 1897[3]
Commissioned: 28 May, 1899[4]
Sunk: 16 Aug, 1914[5]
Fate: by French battleships
S.M.S. Zenta was one of 3 Third Class Protected Cruisers of the Zenta class.

Service History

Zenta was lost to a greatly superior force of French ships in the Battle of Antivari, as she wheeled to provide her consort, the destroyer Ulan, the opportunity to escape.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

  • Paul Pachner, c. 1913[Fact Check] – 16 August, 1914[6]  (ship lost under his command)

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Austro-Hungarian Warships of Word War I. p. 30.
  2. Austro-Hungarian Warships of Word War I. p. 30.
  3. Austro-Hungarian Warships of Word War I. p. 30.
  4. Austro-Hungarian Warships of Word War I. p. 30.
  5. Austro-Hungarian Warships of Word War I. p. 30.
  6. Wikipedia.

Bibliography


Zenta Class Third Class Protected Cruiser
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