# SMS Ulan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/SMS_Ulan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/SMS_Ulan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Ulan > Source revision: 1327668124 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Smsulan.jpg |image_caption= }} |section2={{Infobox ship/career |country=[Austria-Hungary](/source/Austria-Hungary) |flag={{shipboxflag|Austria-Hungary|naval}} |name=''Ulan'' |namesake=[Uhlan](/source/Uhlan) |builder=[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino](/source/Stabilimento_Tecnico_Triestino) |laid_down=27 September 1905 |launched=8 April 1906 |completed=21 September 1906 |renamed= |reclassified= |decommissioned= |fate=Transferred to [Greece](/source/Hellenic_Navy) as ''Smyrni'' in 1920, [scrapped](/source/ship_breaking) 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](/source/length_overall)) |beam={{convert|6.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |draught={{convert|1.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |power=*4 × [Yarrow boiler](/source/Yarrow_boiler)s *{{cvt|6000|ihp|kW|lk=on}} |propulsion=2 shafts; 2 [triple-expansion engines](/source/Marine_steam_engine) |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](/source/%C5%A0koda_7_cm_guns) *7 × single [{{cvt|47|mm|in}} guns](/source/QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss) *2 × single 45 cm (17.7 in) [torpedo tube](/source/torpedo_tube)s }} }} '''SMS ''Ulan''''' was one of the dozen {{sclass|Huszár|destroyer}}s built for the [Austro-Hungarian Navy](/source/Austro-Hungarian_Navy) in the first decade of the 20th century. She served in [World War I](/source/World_War_I) and was handed over to Greece afterwards. She served in the [Royal Hellenic Navy](/source/Royal_Hellenic_Navy) under the name of '''''Smyrni''''' until 1931 when the ship was withdrawn from service and [scrapped](/source/Ship_breaking). ==Design and description== The ''Huszar''-class ships had a [flush deck](/source/flush_deck) design with a distinctive "turtleback" [forecastle](/source/forecastle) that was intended to clear water from the [bow](/source/bow_(watercraft)) during high-speed navigation, but was poorly designed for high waves or bad weather. The ships [normally](/source/Normal_displacement) displaced {{convert|390|t|LT|lk=on|sp=us}} and {{convert|420|t|LT|sp=us}} at [full load](/source/Full-load_displacement). They measured {{convert|68.39|m|ftin|sp=us}} [long overall](/source/Length_overall) with a [beam](/source/Beam_(nautical)) of {{convert|6.25|m|ftin|sp=us}}, and a [draft](/source/Draft_(hull)) of {{convert|1.78|-|1.85|m|ftin|sp=us}}.Freivogel, p. 64 The ships were propelled by two 4-cylinder [triple-expansion steam engines](/source/Marine_steam_engine), each driving one [propeller shaft](/source/propeller_shaft) using steam from four [Yarrow boiler](/source/Yarrow_boiler)s; each boiler was provided with an individual [funnel](/source/funnel_(ship)). 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](/source/sea_trials), they generally exceeded this figure, reaching {{convert|28|-|28.5|kn}}. The ships carried enough [coal](/source/coal) to give them a range of {{convert|500|nmi|lk=in}} at 28 knots. Their crew numbered 70 officers and men.Noppen, p. 18 The main armament of the ''Huszar'' class consisted of a single 45-[caliber](/source/caliber_(artillery)) Škoda SFK ({{langx|de|Schnell-Feuer Kanone}}) [{{convert|66|mm|in|sp=us|adj=on}} gun](/source/%C5%A0koda_7_cm_guns)]. The gun was mounted on a platform on the [forecastle](/source/forecastle) with the turtleback leading right up to it. Their [secondary armament](/source/secondary_armament) included seven [{{convert|47|mm|in|sp=us|adj=on}} guns](/source/QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss). Two guns were positioned on the main deck right behind the bow gun's mount, four others were located on the deck [amidships](/source/amidships); all of these guns were on the [broadside](/source/Broadside_(naval)). The seventh gun was on the [stern](/source/stern). All of the guns were fitted with [gun shield](/source/gun_shield)s. The ships were equipped with two {{convert|450|mm|1|sp=us|adj=on}} [torpedo tube](/source/torpedo_tube)s in two single, rotating mounts. One of these was located between the forward gun mount and the [superstructure](/source/superstructure) while the other was positioned between the aft funnel and the stern gun.Freivogel, p. 62Sieche, p. 338 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](/source/Schwarzlose_machine_gun) 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. ==Construction and career== ''Ulan'' was [laid down](/source/laid_down) on 27 September 1905 by [Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino](/source/Stabilimento_Tecnico_Triestino) at their shipyard in [Trieste](/source/Trieste) and [launched](/source/Ship_naming_and_launching) on 8 April 1906. She was completed on 21 September.Freivogel, p. 59 Shortly after the start of World War I, ''Ulan'' took part in August 1914 in the blockade of the [Montenegrin](/source/Montenegro) coast. On 16 August 1914, the ship patrolled there with the cruiser {{SMS|Zenta||2}} and [were surprised by an Allied fleet](/source/Battle_of_Antivari). Under the orders of the ''Zenta''{{'}}s commander, Captain [Paul Pachner](/source/Paul_Pachner), ''Ulan'' managed to escape the ensuing battle.Cernuschi & O'Hara 2015, p. 162 On the night of 2 March 1915, ''Ulan'' took part in an expedition to the port of [Antivari](/source/Antivari) (along with her sisters ''Csikós'' and ''Streiter'' and [torpedo boat](/source/torpedo_boat)s ''57T'', ''66F'' and ''67F''), which ended with shelling and laying mines at the port and the destruction of the Montenegrin [royal yacht](/source/royal_yacht) {{ship||Rumija|ship|2}}.Károly Csonkaréti: ''Marynarka Wojenna Austro-Węgier w I wojnie światowej 1914-1918''. Wydawnictwo: Arkadiusz Wingert, 2004. p. 54. {{ISBN|83-918940-3-7}} 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.Dodson & Cant, p. 143 ==References== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== *{{cite book|editor1-last=Jordan|editor1-first=John|publisher=Conway|location=London |year=2015 |title=Warship 2015|isbn=978-1-84486-276-4|chapter=The Naval War in the Adriatic Part 1: 1914–1916|last1=Cernuschi|first1=Enrico|last2=O'Hara|first2=Vincent|name-list-style=amp|pages=161–173}} *{{cite book|editor1-last=Jordan|editor1-first=John|publisher=Conway |location=London |year=2016 |title=Warship 2016|isbn=978-1-84486-326-6 |last1=Cernuschi|first1=Enrico |last2=O'Hara|first2=Vincent|chapter=The Naval War in the Adriatic, Part 2: 1917–1918|name-list-style=amp|pages=62–75}} *{{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |last2=Cant |first2=Serena |title=Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after Two World Wars |date=2020 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |isbn=978-1-5267-4198-1|name-list-style=amp}} *{{cite book |last1=Freivogel |first1=Zvonimir |title=Austro-Hungarian Destroyers in World War One |date=2021 |publisher=Despot Infinitus |location=Zagreb |isbn=978-953-366-051-6}} *{{cite book |last1=Noppen |first1=Ryan K. |title=Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914-18 |date=2016 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Oxford, UK|series=New Vanguard |volume=241 |isbn=978-1-4728-1470-8}} *{{cite book |last1=O'Hara |first1=Vincent P. |last2=Heinz |first2=Leonard R. |title=Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War, 1914-18 |date=2017 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=978-1-68247-008-4|name-list-style=amp}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985 |location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp|last=Sieche|first=Erwin|chapter=Austria-Hungary}} {{Huszár-class destroyer}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulan}} Category:1906 ships Category:Destroyers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy Category:Huszár-class destroyers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [SMS Ulan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Ulan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Ulan?action=history)). 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