Austro-Hungarian TORPEDO SHIPS

um. 28-31/03 Punta Velani. 1-10/04 Volos. 11-13/04 Syra. 18-21/04 Milo. 22/04 Called at
Cerigo-island. 23-25/04 Navarin. 26-30/04 Argostoli. 1/05 St. Maura. 2-8/05 Corfu. 11-13/05
Lussinpiccolo. 13/05 Arrived at Pola. In Greece she gave assistance to the stranded Greek
steamer Epirus. The ship was cast free after three days work. 14/05 She was laid up and put to
the Second Category of Reserve.
In 1887 her artillery was altered, her four 4.7 cm guns were replaced by four 4.7 cm/L33
quick firing guns.
From 1888 was in reserve.
1 /09/ - 31/12/1893 Served in the Training Squadron as the school ship of the Engineers.
1 /01 – 7/04/1894 She was training ship of the Engineers School. 15/04 – 7/08 Served in the
Training Squadron. 30/09 She was fitted up. 2/10 Sailed from Pola for Greece. 3-5/10
Salvore. 5-8/10 Teodo. 8/10 Called at Valona. 9-10/10 Parga. 10-12/10 Argostoli. 12/10
Steaming from Argostoli to Corinth met the Austrian schooner Acropoli (Captain Nowak)
bound from Malta to Patras. The rigging of the schooner was heavily damaged, so she towed
her to Patras. 13-16/10 Syra. 18-23/10 Tenedos. 19/10 She helped to suppress a heavy fire at
Tenedos. 24-25/10 Syra. 25-26/10 Istmia. 26-27/10 Patras. 27-30/10 Zante. 30-31/10 Parga.
31/10 – 1/11 Valona. 2/11 Put in Teodo. Became command ship of the Torpedo Flotilla.
In 1895 cruised as training ship of the Engineers School. 3/03 She was laid up. 26/09 She was
fitted up and assigned to the Squadron as school ship of the Stokers. 2/10 Sailed from Pola for
Levant. 4-15/10 Sebenico. 16-17/10 Teodo. 18-21/10 Corfu. 22-23/10 Ithaka. 23-24/10 Patras.
24-25/10 Istmia. 25-28/10 Piraeus. 31/10 – 2/11 Volos. 3-7/11 Saloniki. 9-10/11 Lemnos.
10-11/11 Mytilene. 11-12/11 Smyrna. Between 14/11 – 8/02/1896 stayed at Pera (Constantinople)
as second station ship because there were riots in Turkey and in Crete broke out a
rebellion. 9/02 Called at Tenedos. 16/02 – 25/04 Pera, Constantinople. 28-29/04 Piraeus. 3/05
Called at Lissa. 4/05 Arrived at Pola. 7/05 She was laid up, and then become school ship of
the Stokers. 9/10 – 22/12 Served in the Training Squadron of the Torpedo Boats.
17/01/1897
She was fitted up and sailed from Pola for the blockade of Crete. 19-20/01
Ragusa. 21-24/01 Corfu. 25/01 Put in Kefalónia and remained there till 27. 27-28/01 Corone,
Kalamata. 28-29/01 Monemavasia. 29/01 – 4/02 Piraeus. 5/02 Called at Canea. 6-11/02 Rethymno.
11-12/02 Suda-bay. 12-25/02 Candia. 26/02 – 8/03 Suda-bay. 9-10/03 Syra. 11/03
Called at Suda-bay. 11-12/03 Candia. 12-13/03 Suda-bay. 13-20/03 Candia. 17/03 Near to
Cape Dia she sank a Greek schooner with gunfire. 20-21/03 Suda-bay. 21/03 Put in Kissamo.
2-5/04 Suda-bay. 5/04 Put in Kissamo. 22/04 – 4/05 Suda-bay. 7-11/05 Gravosa. 12/05 Arrived
at Pola. She had to return home because of the faults of her boilers. 23/05 She was laid
up.
From 1898 was in reserve.
In 1899 her boilers were replaced by 4 drum boilers, with 6.5 operating pressure.
20/05/1901
Carried out sea trial run and made 11.76 knots. 16/05 – 14/09 Served in the Summer
Squadron as school ship of the Stokers. In September she went to Teodo as station ship
and cruised along the coasts of Montenegro.
In December of 1902 was relieved and returned to Pola.
In 1903 she was reconstructed to be sea training ship of the Artillery School. She got new artillery
and aft sponson. For details see the ship’s data. 30/06 She was delivered as a tender to
the Artillery School.
13-14/01/1904
Gave assistance to the Lloyd steamer Calipso stranded near Fenera in the
Medolino-bay. The Galatea and the Venus also helped in the salvage. Otherwise was the
training ship of the Artillery School.
From September of 1914 stationed at Veruda (near to Pola).
17/05/1915
She was fitted up. 18/05 Sailed from Pola to Novigrad, where the most part of the
Austrian-Hungarian merchant fleet anchored during the war. She was guard ship there.
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