SMS Leopard information

	Leopard, date unknown
History
Austria-Hungary
Name	Leopard
Laid down	January 1885
Launched	10 September 1885
Completed	31 March 1886
Fate	Broken up, 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Panther-class cruiser
Displacement	1,557 long tons (1,582 t)
Length	73.19 m (240 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.39 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft	4.28 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	6 × fire-tube boilers; 6,380 indicated horsepower (4,760 kW);
Propulsion	2 × compound steam engines; 2 × screw propellers;
Speed	18.7 knots (34.6 km/h; 21.5 mph)
Range	2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew	186
Armament	2 × 12 cm (4.7 in) guns; 4 × 47 mm (1.9 in) quick-firing guns; 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) revolver cannon; 4 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Deck: 12 mm (0.47 in)

SMS Leopard was a torpedo cruiser (Torpedoschiff) of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She and her sister ship, SMS Panther, were part of a program to build up Austria-Hungary's fleet of torpedo craft in the 1880s. Both ships, the only members of the Panther class, were built in Britain at the Armstrong shipyard in Elswick. Leopard was laid down in January 1885, launched in September 1885, and completed in March 1886. She was armed with a battery of two 12 cm (4.7 in) guns and ten 47 mm (1.9 in) guns, along with four 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes.

Leopard spent much of her career in the main Austro-Hungarian fleet. During this period, she visited Spain for the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, and took part in an international naval demonstration off Crete in 1897 in an attempt to limit the Greco-Turkish War. From 1900, Leopard made two major overseas deployments, including a tour of the Pacific Ocean in 1900–1901, and a stint in the East Asia squadron in 1907–1909. Upon returning to Austria-Hungary, the ship was modernized in 1910 and then decommissioned in May 1914, shortly before the start of World War I in July. The ship was immediately reactivated and stationed in Pola as a guard ship, where she remained for the duration of the conflict. After Austria-Hungary's defeat, Leopard was ceded to Britain as a war prize and sold to ship breakers in Italy in 1920.

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History
Leopard, date unknown
Austria-Hungary
Name	Leopard
Laid down	January 1885
Launched	10 September 1885
Completed	31 March 1886
Fate	Broken up, 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Panther-class cruiser
Displacement	1,557 long tons (1,582 t)
Length	73.19 m (240 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.39 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft	4.28 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	6 × fire-tube boilers 6,380 indicated horsepower (4,760 kW)
Propulsion	2 × compound steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	18.7 knots (34.6 km/h; 21.5 mph)
Range	2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew	186
Armament	2 × 12 cm (4.7 in) guns 4 × 47 mm (1.9 in) quick-firing guns 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) revolver cannon 4 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Deck: 12 mm (0.47 in)