SMS Zenta
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| Name: | SMS Zenta |
| Namesake: | Senta |
| Builder: | Pola Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 8 August 1896 |
| Launched: | 18 August 1897 |
| Commissioned: | 25 May 1899 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 16 August 1914 |
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| Class and type: | Zenta-class protected cruiser |
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| Length: | 96.88 m (317 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 11.73 m (38 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.43 m (14 ft 6 in) (designed) |
| Installed power: | 8,160 indicated horsepower (6,080 kW) |
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| Speed: | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 308 officers and men |
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SMS Zenta was a small protected cruiser built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the late 1890s. She was lead ship of her class and named after the Battle of Zenta.
Zenta was conceived to show the flag abroad.
Zenta had an overall length of 96.88 meters (317 ft 10 in), a beam of 11.73 meters (38 ft 6 in) and had a designed draft of 4.43 meters (14 ft 6 in). The ship displaced 2,350 metric tons (2,310 long tons) at normal load and 2,543 metric tons (2,503 long tons) at deep load.
She had two four-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving a single propeller shaft. Steam for the engines was provided by eight Yarrow boilers and they made an average total of 8,160 indicated horsepower (6,080 kW) during her sea trials on 30 March 1899. The average maximum speed during the trials was 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph), but Zenta achieved a maximum speed of 21.87 knots (40.50 km/h; 25.17 mph) from 8,584 indicated horsepower (6,401 kW). She carried up to 469 metric tons (462 long tons) of coal and could steam for 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).
Zenta's main armament consisted of eight 40-caliber Škoda 12-centimeter (4.7 in) quick-firing guns. Two of these were mounted fore and aft of the superstructure in single pivot mounts protected by gun shields while the other six guns were mounted in casemates on the sides of the hull. Her secondary armament comprised eight 44-caliber 4.7-centimeter (1.9 in) Škoda guns and two 33-caliber 4.7-centimeter Hotchkiss guns. Four of these guns were mounted on pivot mounts in the superstructure and the remaining guns were in casemates in the hull. She was also armed with two 45-centimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes mounted in the hull above the waterline.
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