SMS Lussin was a torpedo cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. As envisaged by the Navy Commander (Marinekommandant), Admiral Friedrich von Pöck, Lussin would be the leader of a flotilla of torpedo boats, with the additional capability of carrying out scouting duties. Lussin's barquentine rig and elegant lines were more appropriate for a steam yacht of the day. Indeed, experience with previous torpedo cruisers, Zara, Spalato and Sebenico, showed they were too slow and too lightly armed for their intended employment.