Niobe

The Niobe was built as a small cruiser for the German Hochseeflotte. After it was removed from the list of active ships of the Reichsmarine on 24.06.1925, it was sold to Yugoslavia where it was renamed to Dalmacija and used as a training ship. On 17.04.1941, it was captured by the Italian Navy and put into Italian service on 24.04.1941, renamed to Cattaro. After the Italian capitulation on 11.09.1943, the ship was captured by German troops in Pola. Renamed to Niobe again, it was put into service again on 06.12.1943 with a mixed German and Croatian crew. Only a few days later on 19.12.1943, the ship beached near the island of Silba and three days after that, it was destroyed by British MTB 276 and MTB 298. After 1949 the wreck was broken down.