SMS Spalato was a torpedo cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the second member of the Zara class.

Too slow to be used in her intended roles as a fleet scout and a flotilla leader, she was immediately taken ashore for several modifications to her propulsion system in an unsuccessful attempt to rectify the problem.

On trials, Spalato reached a speed of 12.63 knots (23.39 km/h; 14.53 mph) from 1,370 metric horsepower (1,351 ihp).

[1] Spalato was laid down in September 1878 by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino at their San Rocco shipyard and launched on 30 August 1879.

On 23 November 1884, she was re-launched and began sea trials, which had to be stopped on 24 October 1885 after the starboard engine was damaged in an accident.

Full-power trials were finally conducted on 26 January 1886, during which Spalato proved to be even slower than Zara, managing only a maximum of 12.63 knots (23.39 km/h; 14.53 mph).

She began service with the artillery school on 14 January 1898 and was moored along the mole at Vergarolla outside Pola.

She began sea trials on 24 December, reaching a speed of 11.13 knots (20.61 km/h; 12.81 mph).

With Austria-Hungary's defeat, the Allies seized most of the Austro-Hungarian fleet as war prizes, and Spalato was allocated to Italy, which scrapped her thereafter.