Beograd-class destroyer

P1

• 4 × 12 cm guns
• 4 × 4-cm FlaK
• 2 × 13 mm MG
• 6 × torpedo tubes ∅ 55.1 cm
• 30 × mines

The Belgrade - class was a class of three destroyers of the Royal Yugoslav Navy.

After the procurement of the great destroyer Dubrovnik the Yugoslav Navy Department approved the acquisition of smaller destroyer types that could be built in domestic shipyards. The plans were ordered from the French shipyard A & Ch de la Loire in Nantes, where the first ship was built. The second ship was built in Kraljevica and the third in Split in Croatia today.

Ships of the class

Beograd

The launch took place on December 23, 1937, and was commissioned on 28 April 1939. The destroyer was damaged in the attack on Yugoslavia by the Axis powers by an air attack and then confiscated by the Italian navy in the shipyard in Kotor. In Sebenico (Šibenik) renamed, it was used to escort Italian ships to North Africa. After the capitulation of Italy in 1943 it was taken over by the German Navy under the name TA 43. On May 1, 1945, the ship, after heavy air raids, sunk by its crew at Trieste itself.

Zagreb

The launch took place on 30 March 1938 and the entry into service on August 5, 1939. The destroyer was at the outbreak of war damaged by air raids and subsequently scuttled by its own crew in the Bay of Kotor on April 17, 1941 itself.

Ljubljana

The launch took place on 28 June 1938 and the entry into service on 17 December 1939. The destroyer was captured on 17 April 1941 by the Italian Navy under the name Lubiana provided ( Ljubljana ) in service. Like the former Beograd Lubiana was employed in convoy security service. They ran on April 1, 1943 due to Tunis. A day later it was destroyed by an Allied air raid.