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Beograd class
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Ship data
Ship type destroyer
Construction period 1936 to 1939
Launch of the type ship December 23, 1937
Units built 3
period of service 1939 to 1945
Ship dimensions and crew
length
98 m ( Lüa )
width 9.45 m
Draft Max. 3.18 m
displacement Construction: 1,229 t
Maximum: 1,681 t
 
crew 145 men
Machine system
machine 3 Yarrow steam boilers.
2 sets of Parson geared steam turbines
Machine
performance 		40,000 PS (29,420 kW)
Top
speed 		38 kn (70 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament
  • 4 × 12 cm guns
  • 4 × 4 cm flak
  • 2 × 13 mm MG
  • 6 × torpedo tubes ∅ 55.1 cm
  • 30 × sea mines

The Beograd-class was a class of three destroyers in the Royal Yugoslav Navy .

After purchasing the large destroyer Dubrovnik , the Yugoslav Ministry of the Navy decided to purchase smaller types of destroyers that could be built in local shipyards. The plans were ordered from the French shipyard A & Ch de la Loire in Nantes , where the first ship was built. The second ship was built in Kraljevica and the third in Split in today's Croatia .

Ships of the class

Beograd

The launch took place on December 23, 1937 and the commissioning on April 28, 1939. The destroyer was damaged in the attack of the Axis powers on Yugoslavia by an air raid and then confiscated by the Italian Navy in the shipyard in Kotor . In Sebenico ( Sibenik ) renamed it served to escort Italian ships to North Africa. After Italy surrendered in 1943, it was taken over by the German Navy under the designation TA 43 . On May 1, 1945, after heavy air raids, the ship was sunk by its crew near Trieste .

Zagreb

The launch took place on March 30, 1938 and the commissioning on August 5, 1939. The destroyer was damaged by air raids when war broke out and then sunk by its own crew in the Bay of Kotor on April 17, 1941.

Ljubljana

The launch took place on June 28, 1938 and the commissioning on December 17, 1939. The destroyer was captured by the Italian Navy on April 17, 1941 and put into service under the name Lubiana ( Laibach ). Like the former Beograd , the Lubiana was used in convoy security. She ran aground on April 1, 1943 near Tunis . A day later it was destroyed by an Allied air raid.

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