The Italian cruiser Zara, keel number 219 of the Odero-Terni yards of Muggiano (La Spezia), was laid down on 4 July 1 929.A former Zara belonged to the Austrain Navy; she was the Torpedoschiff (torpedo ship) Zara of 840 metric tons, laid down in 1878 in the Pola Navy Yard and launched on 13 November 1879 (for other particulars see below ). Taken over by the Italian Navy after the First World War, she was broken up in 1920.