S.M.S. Zenta (1897)
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| 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, – 16 August, 1914[6] (ship lost under his command)
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| Zenta Class Third Class Protected Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zenta | Aspern | Szigetvár | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Kaiser Franz Josef I Class | Minor Cruisers (AH) | Admiral Spaun Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
