Yugoslav destroyer Beograd

History
Beograd (right) and Dubrovnik (left) in the Bay of Kotor after being captured by Italy
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Name:	Beograd
Namesake:	Belgrade
Commissioned:	28 April 1939
Out of service:	17 April 1941
Fate:	Captured by Italy
Italy
Name:	Sebenico
Namesake:	Šibenik
Acquired:	17 April 1941
In service:	August 1941
Out of service:	9 September 1943
Fate:	Captured by Germany at Venice
Nazi Germany
Name:	TA43
Acquired:	9 September 1943
Fate:	Sunk or scuttled at Trieste on 30 April or 1 May 1945
Notes:	Raised in June 1946, scuttled in July 1946
General characteristics
Class and type:	Beograd-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,210 tonnes (1,190 long tons) (standard) 1,655 tonnes (1,629 long tons) (full load)
Length:	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam:	9.45 m (31 ft 0 in)
Draught:	3.18 m (10 ft 5 in)
Installed power:	3 × Yarrow water-tube boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts Curtis steam turbines
Speed:	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Complement:	145
Armament:	4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (4 × 1) 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) (2 × 2) anti-aircraft guns 6 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3) 2 × machine guns 30 naval mines

The Yugoslav destroyer Beograd was the lead ship of the Beograd-class of destroyers built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy (Serbo-Croatian: Kraljevska Jugoslovenska Ratna Mornarica, KJRM) during the late 1930s. When Yugoslavia entered World War II due to the German-led Axis invasion of that country in April 1941, she was damaged by a near miss during an air attack, and was then captured by the Italians. After refitting, she saw extensive service with the Royal Italian Navy from August 1941 to September 1943, completing over 100 convoy escort missions in the Mediterranean under the name Sebenico, mainly as a convoy escort on routes between Italy and the Aegean and North Africa. Following the Italian armistice in September 1943, she was captured by the German Navy and redesignated TA43. Re-armed, she served with the 9th Torpedo Boat Flotilla on escort and minelaying duties in the northern Adriatic. She was sunk or scuttled at Trieste on 30 April or 1 May 1945. She was raised in June 1946, probably to remove her as a navigation hazard, only to be scuttled again in either July 1946 or in 1947.

The Beograd class was developed from a French design, and the name ship of the class, Beograd, was built by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire at Nantes, France. The ship had an overall length of 98 m (321 ft 6 in), a beam of 9.45 m (31 ft 0 in), and a normal draught of 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in). Her standard displacement was 1,210 tonnes (1,190 long tons), and she displaced 1,655 tonnes (1,629 long tons) at full load. The crew consisted of 145 officers and enlisted men. The ship was powered by Curtis steam turbines driving two propellors, using steam generated by three Yarrow water-tube boilers. Her turbines were rated at 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) and she was designed to reach a top speed of 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph). She carried 120 tonnes (120 long tons) of fuel oil, which gave her a radius of action of 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi).

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