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Saida

SMS Saida

Survived

Austro-Hungarian Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassNovara
WarFirst World War
Main guns9 × 3.9″ guns

Took part in the Otranto raid and towed Novara home.

Austro-Hungarian scout cruiser SMS Saida in 1914 Photo: Unknown ( Courtesy of the International Naval Research Organization ), PD-US · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 9 × 1 - 10 cm (3.9 in) guns
  • 1 × 7 cm (2.8 in) anti-aircraft gun
  • 1 × 47 mm (1.9 in) SFK L/44 gun
  • 6 x twin 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Waterline belt: 60 mm (2.4 in)
  • Deck: 20 mm (0.8 in)
BuilderCNT, Monfalcone
Laid down9 September 1911
Launched26 October 1912
Displacement3,500 long tons (3,600 t)
Length130.64 m (428 ft 7 in)
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement340

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

26 October 1912

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 1937