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|section2={{Infobox ship/career |country=Austria-Hungary |flag={{shipboxflag|Austria-Hungary|naval}} |name=''Ulan'' |namesake=Uhlan |builder=Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino |laid_down=27 September 1905 |launched=8 April 1906 |completed=21 September 1906 |renamed= |reclassified= |decommissioned= |fate=Transferred to Greece as ''Smyrni'' in 1920, scrapped in 1931 }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |header_caption=(as built) |class={{sclass|Huszár|destroyer}} |displacement=*{{cvt|390|t|LT|lk=on}} |length=*{{convert|68.39|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a) |beam={{convert|6.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |draught={{convert|1.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |power=*4 × Yarrow boilers *{{cvt|6000|ihp|kW|lk=on}} |propulsion=2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion engines |speed={{convert|28|kn|lk=in}} |range={{convert|500|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|28|kn}} |complement=70 |armament=*1 × single {{cvt|66|mm|in}} gun *7 × single {{cvt|47|mm|in}} guns *2 × single 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes }} }} '''SMS ''Ulan''''' was one of the dozen {{sclass|Huszár|destroyer}}s built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She served in World War I and was handed over to Greece afterwards. She served in the Royal Hellenic Navy under the name of '''''Smyrni''''' until 1931 when the ship was withdrawn from service and scrapped.
==Design and description== The ''Huszar''-class ships had a flush deck design with a distinctive "turtleback" forecastle that was intended to clear water from the bow during high-speed navigation, but was poorly designed for high waves or bad weather. The ships normally displaced {{convert|390|t|LT|lk=on|sp=us}} and {{convert|420|t|LT|sp=us}} at full load. They measured {{convert|68.39|m|ftin|sp=us}} long overall with a beam of {{convert|6.25|m|ftin|sp=us}}, and a draft of {{convert|1.78|-|1.85|m|ftin|sp=us}}.<ref>Freivogel, p. 64</ref> The ships were propelled by two 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from four Yarrow boilers; each boiler was provided with an individual funnel. The turbines were designed to produce a total of {{convert|6000|ihp|lk=on}} for an intended maximum speed of {{convert|27|kn||lk=on}}. During the ships' sea trials, they generally exceeded this figure, reaching {{convert|28|-|28.5|kn}}. The ships carried enough coal to give them a range of {{convert|500|nmi|lk=in}} at 28 knots. Their crew numbered 70 officers and men.<ref>Noppen, p. 18</ref>
The main armament of the ''Huszar'' class consisted of a single 45-caliber Škoda SFK ({{langx|de|Schnell-Feuer Kanone}}) {{convert|66|mm|in|sp=us|adj=on}} gun]. The gun was mounted on a platform on the forecastle with the turtleback leading right up to it. Their secondary armament included seven {{convert|47|mm|in|sp=us|adj=on}} guns. Two guns were positioned on the main deck right behind the bow gun's mount, four others were located on the deck amidships; all of these guns were on the broadside. The seventh gun was on the stern. All of the guns were fitted with gun shields. The ships were equipped with two {{convert|450|mm|1|sp=us|adj=on}} torpedo tubes in two single, rotating mounts. One of these was located between the forward gun mount and the superstructure while the other was positioned between the aft funnel and the stern gun.<ref name=f1>Freivogel, p. 62</ref><ref>Sieche, p. 338</ref>
In 1913 the ships exchanged their seven {{cvt|47|mm}} guns for five 30-caliber Škoda {{cvt|66|mm}} guns. These guns replaced the stern and amidships weapons. To save weight, gun shields were not fitted to these guns. Two years later the ''Huszar''{{'}}s were equipped with an {{convert|8|mm|2|adj=on|sp=us}} Schwarzlose M.7/12 anti-aircraft machine gun. In 1917, the ships were supposed to exchange their 66 mm SFK guns with new K07 guns on anti-aircraft mounts and one 30-caliber gun was supposed to installed in an anti-aircraft mount, but it is uncertain how much of this was actually done.<ref name=f1/>
==Construction and career== ''Ulan'' was laid down on 27 September 1905 by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino at their shipyard in Trieste and launched on 8 April 1906. She was completed on 21 September.<ref>Freivogel, p. 59</ref>
Shortly after the start of World War I, ''Ulan'' took part in August 1914 in the blockade of the Montenegrin coast. On 16 August 1914, the ship patrolled there with the cruiser {{SMS|Zenta||2}} and were surprised by an Allied fleet. Under the orders of the ''Zenta''{{'}}s commander, Captain Paul Pachner, ''Ulan'' managed to escape the ensuing battle.<ref>Cernuschi & O'Hara 2015, p. 162</ref>
On the night of 2 March 1915, ''Ulan'' took part in an expedition to the port of Antivari (along with her sisters ''Csikós'' and ''Streiter'' and torpedo boats ''57T'', ''66F'' and ''67F''), which ended with shelling and laying mines at the port and the destruction of the Montenegrin royal yacht {{ship||Rumija|ship|2}}.<ref name=marynarka54>Károly Csonkaréti: ''Marynarka Wojenna Austro-Węgier w I wojnie światowej 1914-1918''. Wydawnictwo: Arkadiusz Wingert, 2004. p. 54. {{ISBN|83-918940-3-7}}</ref>
After the war, ''Ulan'' was ceded to Greece in 1920 and renamed ''Smyrni''. The ship was discarded in 1928 and sold for scrap in 1931.<ref>Dodson & Cant, p. 143</ref>
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