01.08.1917 K.u.K Marineldpost card mailed from SMS Saida to SMS Chamäleon. Text is written in Croatian; personal mail between two KuK ships in Croatian is extremely rare. The date is noted in the text, and there is no visible postal cancel on the card.
SMS Saida was a scout cruiser with a crew of 340 officers and men. She was commissioned on 01.08.1914 and had a displacement of 3,500 tons.
SMS Chamäleon was a minelayer ship; its complement was 154 men with a displacement of 1,000 tons; the ship was commissioned on 01.12.1914.
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