List of ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy

This is a list of Austro-Hungarian Navy ships.

Capital ships

Ships of the line

* SMS ''Santa Elisabetta'' - ex-British ship bought in Naples 1720
* SMS ''San Michele'' - ex-British ship bought in Naples 1720

* SMS ''San Carlos'' 84 (1695) - ex-British ship ''Cumberland'' bought in Naples 1720
* SMS ''Emo'' 80 (1815) - ex-French ship ''Saturno'' captured in Venice 1814 broken up on stocks
* SMS ''Cesare'' 74 (1815) - ex-French ship ''Montebello'' captured in Venice 1814
* 92 (1858) - Later ironclad (see below)

Ironclad ships

*
** (1861)
** (1861)
*
** (1862)
** (1862)
** (1862)
*
** (1865)
** (1865)
* (1869)
* (1858) – former ship of the line, re-launched 1871 as ironclad
* (1872)
* (1872)
*
** (1875)
** (1875)
** (1877)
* (1878)
* (1887)
* (1887)

Coastal defence ships

*
** (1895)
** (1895)
** (1895) – sunk at anchor by an Italian torpedo motor-boat inside the defences of Trieste harbour in 1917

Battleships

*
** (1900)
** (1901)
** (1902)
*
** (1903)
** (1904)
** (1905)
*
** (1908)
** (1909)
** (1910)
* (all c21,700 metric tons displacement)
** (1911)
** (1912)
** (1912)
** (1914)
* (Projected)

Cruisers

Armoured cruisers

* (1893)(rebuild 1909)
* (1900)
* (1903)

Small cruisers

Torpedo cruisers
*
** (1879)
** (1879)
** (1882)
* (1883)
* ''Panther class''
** (1885)
** (1885)
* (1887)
Protected cruisers
*
** (1890)
** (1892)
*
** (1899)
** (1899)
** (1899)
Fast cruisers (''Rapidkreuzer'')
* (1910)
*
** (1914)
** (1912)
** (1913)
* 3 ships planned (1917 projected)

Sailing ships

Sailing frigates
* (1808) Ex-French ''Carolina''
*
** ''Bellona'' (1811) - ex-French ''Régénérateur''
** ''Reale Italiano'' (1812) - ex-French ''Royal Italien''
*
** (1811) - ex-French ''Princesse de Bologne''
** (1812) - ex-French ''Piave''
** - ex-French ''Amphitrite''
** (1820) - ex-French ''Hébé''
** (1827) - ex-French ''Moskva''
** (1829) - ex-French ''Guerrière''
** (1832) - ex-French ''Vénus''
* (1842)
* (1850) – Later screw frigate (see below)
* (1853) – Later screw frigate (see below)
Sailing corvettes
* (1834)
* (1838)
* (1844)
Sailing brigs
* (1831)
* (1832)
* (1843)
* (1847)
Schooners (''goelettes'')
* (1833)
* (1834)
* (1837)
* (1837)
* (1850)
* (1851)
* (1855)
Paddle steamers (''Radaviso'')
* (1843)
* (1847)
* (1848)
* (1848)
* (1848)
* (1848)
* (1850)
* (1850)
*
* (1851)
* (1854)
*
* (1857)
Screw frigates
*
*
*
* (1850) – Ex-sailing frigate, 1862
* (1853) – Ex-sailing frigate, 1862
* (1872) – Renamed 1908
* (1873) – Renamed 1900
Screw corvettes
*
*
*
* – Renamed 1912
*
Screw sloops
* (1867)
* (1870) – Hulked and renamed 1902
* (1870)
* (1873)
* (1873)

Destroyers and torpedo boats

Second Class Torpedo boats
* – 1 ships (1875)
* – 1 ships (1878)
* – 2 ships (1879)
* – 4 ships (1881)
* – 2 ships (1881)
* – 16 ships (1883)
* – 6 ships (1886)
* – 1 ship (1887)
* – 6 ships (1889)
Coastal Torpedo boats
* – 2 ships (1886)
**
**
* – 22 ships (1885–1891)
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
* (1896)
* (1896)
* – 4 ships (1898–1899)
**
**
** (1898)
**
* – 12 ships (1909–1911)
** Trieste-group - 6 ships (1909–1910)
***TB.I
***TB.II
***TB.III
***TB.IV
***TB.V
***TB.VI
** Fiume-group - 6 ships (1910–1911)
***TB.VII
***TB.VIII
***TB.IX
***TB.X
***TB.XI
***TB.XII
High seas torpedo boats
* – 24 ships (1905–1909)
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
* – 27 ships (1913–1916)
** T-group - 8 ships (1913–1914)
***74 T
***75 T
*** ''76 T''
*** ''77 T''
*** ''78 T''
*** ''79 T''
***80 T
***81 T
** F-group - 16 ships (1914–1916)
*** ''82 F''
*** ''83 F''
***84 T
***85 T
***86 T
*** ''87 F''
***88 T
***89 T
***90 T
***91 T
*** ''92 F''
*** ''93 F''
*** ''94 F''
*** ''95 F''
*** ''96 F''
*** ''97 F''
** M-group - 3 ships (1914–1915)
*** ''98 M''
*** ''99 M''
*** ''100 M''
Torpedo gunboats
* (1887)
* (1888)
* (1888)
* (1889)
* (1890)
* (1892)
* (1896) (named a torpedo cruiser in the shipyard)
Destroyers
* – 13 ships (1905–1910)
**
**
** (1905)
** (1909)
**
**
** (''Sniper'')
**
**
**
**
**
**
* (1912)
* – 10 ships (1912–1917)
**
**
** (1913)
**
**
** (1913)
* ''Ersatz Triglav'' class
**
** (1917)
** (1917)
**

Submarines

* ''U-1''-class Lake Type Submarines – 2 ships
**
**

* ''U-3'' class – 2 ships
**
**

* ''U-5'' class Holland Type Submarines – 3 ships
**
**
** Temporarily Designated U-7

* ''U-7'' class Sold to Germany – 5 ships
** SMS ''U-7'' Sold as 1914
** SMS ''U-8'' Sold as 1914
** SMS ''U-9'' Sold as 1914
** SMS ''U-10'' Sold as 1914
** SMS ''U-11'' Sold as 1914

* ''U-10'' class German UB I class Submarine – 9 ships
** SMS ''U-7'' (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** SMS ''U-8'' (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** SMS ''U-9'' (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** Ex-German UB-1
** Ex-German UB-15
**
**
**
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

* – 1 ship
** Ex-French Curie

*German Type UC I submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 4 ships
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

* – 4 ships
**
**
**
**

* Modified German UB II Class built in Austria-Hungary – 8 ships
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**

*German Type U 31 submarine – 6 ships
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

*German Type U 19 submarine – 1 ship
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

*German Type U 43 submarine – 1 ship
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

* German UB II class Submarine – 6 ships
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** Ex-German UB-43 Purchased from Germany
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** Ex-German UB-47 Purchased from Germany

* Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
**
**
** Ordered 1918 never Started
** Ordered 1918 never Started

* Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
**
**
** Ordered 1918 never Started
** Ordered 1918 never Started

* Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
**
**
** Ordered 1917 never Started
** Ordered 1917 never Started

*German Type UC II submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 19 ships
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

* German Type U 63 submarine – 3 ships
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

*German Type UB III submarine – 20 ships
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)
** (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)
** (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)
** (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)
** (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)

*German Type UE I submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 2 ships
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

* Meant to replace U1-U6 and then adopt those numbers – 9 ships
** Ex-U-88 Laid down 1917 never completed
** Ex-U-89 Laid down 1918 never completed
** Ex-U-90 Laid down 1918 never completed
** Ex-U-91 never started
** Ex-U-92 never started
** Ex-U-93 never started
** never started
** never started
** never started

* Laid down 1918 never completed, numbers planned up to U-141 – 4 ships
** Ex-U-94
** Ex-U-95
** Ex-U-96
** Ex-U-97

*German Type UC III submarine – 2 ships
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)
** (temporary Austrian number for German when operating in the Mediterranean)

River monitors

*
** (1871)
** (1871)
*
**
** (1892)
*
**
** (1904)
*
**
**
*
**
** SMS ''Temes (II)'' (1915)
* and (Planned 1917 but never laid down)

Gunboats

Paddle gunboats
* (1859) – River Danube
* – Lagoon
** (1860)
** (1860)
** (1860)
** (1860)
Screw gunboats
*
* (1859) – River Danube
*
** (1860)
** (1860)
* – Lagoon
** (1860)
** (1860)
** (1860)
* – Lake Garda
** (1860)
** (1860)
** (1860)
** (1860)
** (1860)
** (1860)
*
** (1861)
** (1861)
** (1861)
*
** (1861)
** (1861)
** (1861)
** (1861)
*
**
** (1861)
** (1861)
*
** (1873)
** (1873)
River gunboats
* (1915)
* (1915)
* (1918)

Minelayers

*
*
* SMS ''Basilisk''
*

Armed Merchants

Cruising Steamers
*
*
*
*
*
Submarine hunters
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Patrol ships
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Gunboats
* Ex-Trieste
* Ex-San Marco Di Rosandra
* Ex-Epulo
* Ex-San Guisto

Auxiliary ships

Colliers and Oilers
*
**
**
* ex-Etelka
* unnamed oiler
* ex-Corsinia
* ex-Izvor
* ex-Amphitrite
* ex-Fiume
* ex-Austria
*
*
*
* Changed to depot ship
Water Carriers
* SMS ''Najade''
* SMS ''Nymphe''
*
*
Salvage ships
*
*
Tugs
* Rescue tug
* Rescue tug
*
*
Sea rescue vessel
*
*
*
Submarine depot ships
*
*
*
Destroyer depot ships
* ex-Gastein (also served as armed troopship)
Mine depot ships
* Ex-Carniolia
* Ex-Urano
Ammunition ships
* Ex-Goritia
* Ex-Bucovina
* Ex-Styria
*
* Ex-Baron Call
Cargo ships
* Ex-Kephallonia
* Ex-Hrvat
* Ex-Zichy
* Ex-Fram
*
*
*
*
Troop ships
*
*
*
Hospital ships
* Ex-Afria
Repair Ships
*
* SMS ''Vulcan'' Ex-Prinz Eugen 1877
Accommodation Ships
*
*
*
*
*
* (doubled as Hospital Ship)

See also

* Austro-Hungarian Navy

References

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