Niobe 1943
| Laid down as Kleiner Kreuzer Niobe. |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
A.G. Weser Bremen, 1898 |
| Launched: |
18.07.1899 |
| Commissioned: |
25.06.1900 |
| Fate: |
beached on 19.12.1943, scrapped 1949 |
| Costs: |
4,5 Mio Goldmark |
Technical Data
| Size: |
2962 t |
| Length: |
105,0 m |
| Beam: |
12,2 m |
| Draft: |
5,50 m |
| Armament: |
10 x 10,5 cm; 6 x 18,5 cm; 2 x 45 cm torpedoes |
| Performance: |
8113 shp, 22,1 kn |
History
The Niobe
was build as a small cruiser for the German Hochseeflotte. After it was removed form the list of active ships of the
Reichsmarine on 24.06.1925, it was sold to Yugoslavia where it was renamed to Dalmacija
and used as a training ship. On
17.04.1941, it was captured by the Italian Navy and put into Italian service on 24.04.1941, renamed to Cattaro
. After the Italian
capitulation on 11.09.1943, the ship was captured by German troops in Pola. Renamed to Niobe
again, it was out into service again on 06.12.1943 with a mixed German and Croatian crew. Only a few days later on 19.12.1943, the ship beached near the island of Silba and three days after that, it was destroyed by British MTB 276
and MTB 298
. After 1949 the wreck was broken down. |
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