Permission to built her as the Ersatx Salamander was just supplied in 1881 after 6 years requesting by the Austrian admiral Friedrich von Pöck to strengthen the fleet, building costs 5,44 million gulden, laid down at the navy yard at Pola {nowadays Pula, Croatia] on 25 January 1884, launched on 6 July 1887, commissioned in September 1888, coastal defence ship in 1906, crew involved in the so-called Cattaro Mutiny in begin 1918, handed over to the Royal Yugoslav Navy in 1919, renamed Kumbor, stricken in 1922 and broken up the same year. Designed by director of naval construction the Czech Josef Kuchinka.
Displacement 6,829 tons and as dimensions 90,26 (between perpendiculars)-97,6 (over all) x 19,27 x 7,39 metres or 296.2-320.3 x 68.3 x 25.3 feet. The by watertight compartments divided hull with a double bottom was built up from transverse and longitudinal steel made frames against steel plates were riveted. The two-2cylinder triple expansion steam engines and 10 coal fuelled boilers supplied via two screws 6.000-7,500 (forced draught) ihp allowing a speed of 15,5-16 (with forced draught) knots. Crew numbered 447-450 men. The armament consisted of 3x1-30,5cm/12” Krupp guns in open barbettes, 6-12cm/4.7” Krupp guns, 7-4,7cm/1.9” quick firing guns, 2-3,7cm/1.5” quick firing guns, 2-7cm/2.8” landing guns and 4-40cm/16” torpedo tubes (1xbow, 1xstern, each beam one). The compound armour produced by Dillinger Hüttw Works, Germany consisted of a 6,2cm?2.4”-30,5cm/12” (amidships) thick belt, a 95cm/3.7” thick deck and the barbettes protected by 25,4cm/10” thick armour.
