Zara-class cruiser (1879)

SMS Zara early in her career
Class overview
Operators:	Austro-Hungarian Navy
Preceded by:	None
Succeeded by:	SMS Lussin
Completed:	3
Scrapped:	3
General characteristics
Class and type:	Torpedo cruiser

The Zara class was a class of three torpedo cruisers built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The class comprised three ships, Zara, Spalato, and Sebenico; the last vessel was built to a slightly larger design, and is sometimes not counted as a member of the class.