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The Ersatz (Replacement) Triglav class consisted of four destroyers built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1917, they saw little action during the war; three ships were seized by Italy and one by France as war reparations in 1920.

Class overview
Name	Ersatz Triglav class
Builders	Ganz-Danubius, Porto Ré, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Operators	Austro-Hungarian Navy  Regia Marina
Preceded by	Tátra class
Succeeded by	None
Built	1916–1918
In service	1917–1939
In commission	1917–1939
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	880 long tons (890 t) (normal) 1,045 long tons (1,062 t) (deep load)
Length	85.27 m (279 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) (deep load)
Installed power	6 × Yarrow boilers 22,360 shp (16,670 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed	32.6 knots (60.4 km/h; 37.5 mph)
Range	1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	114
Armament	2 × single 10 cm (3.9 in) guns 6 × single 66 mm (2.6 in) guns 2 × twin 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Background and description

The loss of two Tátra-class destroyers in the 1st Battle of Durazzo in 1915 caused the Austro-Hungarian Navy to begin construction of four improved versions of the Tátras the following year named Triglav, Lika, Dukla and Uzsok.

After the war, three vessels—Triglav, Lika, and Uzsok—were ceded to Italy and one, Dukla, to France. The last vessels were scrapped in 1939.

Citations

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