SMS Ulan
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Austria-Hungary | |
| Name | Ulan |
| Namesake | Uhlan |
| Builder | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino |
| Laid down | 27 September 1905 |
| Launched | 8 April 1906 |
| Completed | 21 September 1906 |
| Fate | Transferred to Greece as Smyrni in 1920, scrapped in 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Huszár-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 390 t (380 long tons) |
| Length | 68.4 m (224 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion engines |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 70 |
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SMS Ulan was one of the dozen Huszár-class destroyers built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She served in World War I and was handed over to Greece afterwards. She served in the Royal Hellenic Navy under the name of Smyrni until 1931 when the ship was withdrawn from service and scrapped.
Operational history
[edit]Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Ulan took part in August 1914 in the blockade of the Montenegrin coast. On 16 August 1914, the ship patrolled there with the cruiser Zenta and were surprised by an Allied fleet. Under the orders of the Zenta's commander, Captain Paul Pachner, Ulan managed to escape the ensuing battle.
On the night of 2 March 1915, Ulan took part in an expedition to the port of Antivari (along with her sisters Csikós and Streiter and torpedo boats 57T, 66F and 67F), which ended with shelling and laying mines at the port and the destruction of the Montenegrin royal yacht Rumija.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Károly Csonkaréti: Marynarka Wojenna Austro-Węgier w I wojnie światowej 1914-1918. Wydawnictwo: Arkadiusz Wingert, 2004. p.54. ISBN 83-918940-3-7
Bibliography
[edit]- Cernuschi, Enrico & O'Hara, Vincent (2015). "The Naval War in the Adriatic Part 1: 1914–1916". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2015. London: Conway. pp. 161–173. ISBN 978-1-84486-276-4.
- Cernuschi, Enrico & O'Hara, Vincent (2016). "The Naval War in the Adriatic, Part 2: 1917–1918". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2016. London: Conway. pp. 62–75. ISBN 978-1-84486-326-6.
- Freivogel, Zvonimir (2021). Austro-Hungarian Destroyers in World War One. Zagreb: Despot Infinitus. ISBN 978-953-366-051-6.
- Greger, René (1976). Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0623-7.
- Noppen, Ryan K. (2016). Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914-18. New Vanguard. Vol. 241. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-1470-8.
- O'Hara, Vincent P. & Heinz, Leonard R. (2017). Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War, 1914-18. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-68247-008-4.
- Sieche, Erwin (1985). "Austria-Hungary". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
