06.12.1916 feldpost card mailed from S.M.BOOT 100M to Parenzo - Poreč in Istria, Croatia. The card has a ship cancel in red and a cancel in black from SMS Monarch, which acted as a collecting point for Marine Feldpost in the Bay of Kotor (Cattaro).
SM Boot 100M was a torpedo boat commissioned by the KuK Navy on 15.03.1916 with a crew of 3 officers and 38 men. The ship survived the war and was awarded to Greece. It served in the Hellenic Navy under the name Kydoniai from 1920 to 1941. It was sunk by the Luftwaffe on 26.04.1941 during the German invasion of Greece.
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