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SMS Niobe was a light cruiser of the Gazelle class, built for the German Imperial Navy in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Niobe was armed with ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and had a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph). The ship served in home and overseas waters as a flotilla leader for torpedo boats, a scout for the fleet, and a station ship with the East Asia Squadron. When World War I commenced the ship helped defend Germany's North Sea coast. As one of the cruisers permitted by the Treaty of Versailles, Niobe was modernized in the early 1920s, then sold in 1925 to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). Renamed Dalmacija the vessel served until April 1941, when she was captured by the Italians. Renamed again as Cattaro, she served until the Italian surrender in September 1943. Seized by the Germans, she was used in the Adriatic Sea until 19 December 1943, when she ran aground on the island of Silba, and was destroyed by British motor torpedo boats. (Full article...)

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Hi Parsecboy and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 10:38, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

G'day Parsecboy, just a heads up that I would like to nom this to run on December 19, the date she was grounded (then destroyed). Any objections? I have a few things to add from Freivogel, but not a lot, can do that shortly. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 10:14, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Nope, that sounds fine to me. I have a copy of Dodson's & Nottelmann's The Kaiser's Cruisers - I'll take a look through that and see if anything should be added. Parsecboy (talk) 11:16, 29 October 2022 (UTC)