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List of ships of Austria-Hungary

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List of ships of Austria-Hungary
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This is a list of Austro-Hungarian Navy ships.

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Painting of an Austro-Hungarian squadron, led by SMS Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf, in Kiel, Germany

Capital ships

Ships of the line

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Laharpe, Stengel and Beyrand in 1799
  • Santa Elisabetta - Purchased from Britain in 1720[1]
  • San Michele - Purchased from Britain in 1720[1]
  • San Carlos (80) - purchased from Britain in 1720 and decommissioned in 1733
  • Laharpe (74) - Captured from France, decommissioned and broken up in 1799
  • Stengel (74) - Captured from France, decommissioned and broken up in 1799
  • Beyrand (74) - Captured from France, decommissioned and broken up in 1799
  • Mont Saint-Bernard (82) - Seized from France as war reparations and accidentally burnt in 1814
  • Saturno (80) - Seized from France in 1814 as war reparations, renamed Emo in 1816 and decommissioned and broken up in 1823
  • Regeneratore (74) - Seized from France in 1814 as war reparations, razeed into a frigate and renamed Bellona in 1823 before being decommissioned and broken up in 1831
  • Reale Italiano (74) - Seized from France in 1814 as war reparations, razeed into a frigate in 1825 before being decommissioned and broken up in 1838
  • Cesare (74) - Seized from France in 1814 as war reparations and decommissioned between 1824 and 1835
  • SMS Kaiser (92) - Launched at Pola in 1858, commissioned in 1859 and seized by Italy in 1918

Ironclad ships

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Tegetthoff in Pola in the late 1880s
Main article: List of ironclad warships of Austria-Hungary

Coastal defence ships

Battleships

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Viribus Unitis at anchor in 1914
Main article: List of battleships of Austria-Hungary
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Cruisers

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The armored cruiser Kaiser Karl VI
Main article: List of cruisers of Austria-Hungary

Armoured cruisers

Torpedo cruisers

Protected cruisers

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SMS Szigetvár underway

Scout cruisers

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Sailing ships

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SMS Bellona in 1864

Sailing frigates

  • SMS Carolina (1808) Ex-French Carolina
  • Téméraire class
  • Pallas class
    • SMS Lipsia (1811) - ex-French Princesse de Bologne
    • SMS Austria (1812) - ex-French Piave
    • SMS Augusta (1813) - ex-French Amphitrite
    • SMS Ebe (1820) - ex-French Hébé
    • SMS Medea (1827) - ex-French Moscava
    • SMS Guerriera (1829) - ex-French Guerrière, later renamed Juno
    • SMS Venere (1832) - ex-French Vénus, later renamed Venus
  • SMS Bellona (1842)
  • SMS Novara (1850) – Later screw frigate (see below)
  • SMS Schwarzenberg (1853) – Later screw frigate (see below)

Sailing corvettes

  • SMS Adria (1826)
  • SMS Lipsia (1826) - later renamed Leipzig
  • SMS Veloce (1827)
  • SMS Abbondanza (1831)
  • SMS Cesarea (1833) - later renamed Titania
  • SMS Carolina (1833)
  • SMS Diana (1834) - originally named Veloce
  • SMS Minerva (1838) - originally named Clemenza
  • SMS Carolina (1847) (1847)

Sailing brigs

  • SMS Montecuccoli (1831)
  • SMS Pola (1832)
  • SMS Pylades (1843)
  • SMS Hussar (1847)

Schooners

  • SMS Camaeleon (1833)
  • SMS Fido (1834)
  • SMS Bravo (1837)
  • SMS Dromedar (1837)
  • SMS Arethusa (1850)
  • SMS Arthemisia (1851)
  • SMS Saida (1855)

Paddle steamers

  • SMS Vulcano (1843)
  • SMS Messagiere (1847)
  • SMS Achilles (1848)
  • SMS Custoza (1848)
  • SMS Curtatone (1848)
  • SMS Roma (1848)
  • SMS Santa Lucia (1850)
  • SMS Volta (1850)
  • SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth (1850)
  • SMS Taurus (1851)
  • SMS Gorzkowski (1854)
  • SMS Prinz Eugen (1854)
  • SMS Jupiter (1857)

Screw frigates

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SMS Radetzky

Screw corvettes

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An unidentified member of the Aurora class, date unknown
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Destroyers and torpedo boats

Second Class Torpedo boats

  • Type I-class torpedo boat – 1 ships (1875)
  • Type II-class torpedo boat – 1 ships (1878)
  • Type III-class torpedo boat – 2 ships (1879)
  • Type V-class torpedo boat – 4 ships (1881)
  • Type IX-class torpedo boat – 2 ships (1881)
  • Type XI-class torpedo boat – 16 ships (1883)
  • Type XXVII-class torpedo boat – 6 ships (1886)
  • Type XXXIII-class torpedo boat – 1 ship (1887)
  • Type XXXIV-class torpedo boat – 6 ships (1889)

Coastal Torpedo boats

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Torpedo-boat No. 38 underway
  • Adler-class torpedo boat – 2 ships (1886)
    • SMS Adler (1886)
    • SMS Falke (1886)
  • Schichau-class torpedo boat – 22 ships (1885–1891)
  • SMS Natter (1896)
  • SMS Viper (1896)
  • Cobra-class torpedo boat – 4 ships (1898–1899)
  • 110t-class torpedo boat – 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

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69 F (ex-Polyp, later renamed T11) photographed in 1916
  • Kaiman-class torpedo boat – 24 ships (1905–1909)
    • SMS Kaiman
    • SMS Anaconda
    • SMS Alligator
    • SMS Krokodil
    • SMS Wal
    • SMS Seehund
    • SMS Delphin
    • SMS Narwal
    • SMS Hai
    • SMS Möwe
    • SMS Schwalbe
    • SMS Pinguin
    • SMS Drache
    • SMS Greif
    • SMS Triton
    • SMS Hydra
    • SMS Skorpion
    • SMS Phönix
    • SMS Krake
    • SMS Polyp
    • SMS Echse
    • SMS Molch
    • SMS Kormoran
    • SMS Alk
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81 T

Torpedo gunboats

  • SMS Meteor (1887) (1887)
  • SMS Blitz (1888)
  • SMS Komet (1888)
  • SMS Planet (1889)
  • SMS Trabant (1890)
  • SMS Satellit (1892)
  • SMS Magnet (1896) (named a torpedo cruiser in the shipyard)

Destroyers

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Three Tátra-class destroyers on maneuvers circa 1914; Lika on the left and Tátra in the center
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Submarines

Main article: List of Austro-Hungarian U-boats
  • U-1-class Lake Type Submarines – 2 ships
  • U-3 class Germaniawerft type Submarines – 2 ships
  • U-5 class Holland Type Submarines – 3 ships
  • U-7 class Sold to Germany – 5 ships
  • U-10 class German UB I class Submarine – 9 ships
  • Brumaire-class submarine – 1 ship
  • German Type UC I submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 4 ships
    • SM U-18 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-14 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-19 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-15 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-24 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-12 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-25 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-13 when operating in the Mediterranean)
  • U-20 class – 4 ships
  • U-27 class Modified German UB II Class built in Austria-Hungary – 8 ships
  • German Type U 31 submarine – 6 ships
    • SM U-33 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-33 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-34 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-34 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-35 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-35 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-37 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-32 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-38 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-38 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-39 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-39 when operating in the Mediterranean)
  • Type U 19 submarine – 1 ship
    • SM U-36 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-21 when operating in the Mediterranean)
  • German Type U 43 submarine – 1 ship
    • SM U-36 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-47 when operating in the Mediterranean)
  • U-43-class submarine (Austria-Hungary) German UB II class Submarine – 6 ships
    • SM U-42 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-42 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-43 Ex-German UB-43 Purchased from Germany
    • SM U-44 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-44 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-45 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-45 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-46 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-46 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-47 Ex-German UB-47 Purchased from Germany
  • U-48-class submarine Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
    • SM U-48
    • SM U-49
    • SM U-58 Ordered 1918 never Started
    • SM U-59 Ordered 1918 never Started
  • U-50-class submarine Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
    • SM U-50
    • SM U-51
    • SM U-56 Ordered 1918 never Started
    • SM U-57 Ordered 1918 never Started
  • U-52-class submarine Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
    • SM U-52
    • SM U-53
    • SM U-54 Ordered 1917 never Started
    • SM U-55 Ordered 1917 never Started
  • German Type UC II submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 19 ships
    • SM U-60 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-20 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-61 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-23 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-62 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-22 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-66 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-66 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-69 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-69 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-74 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-34 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-75 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-35 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-76 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-36 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-77 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-37 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-78 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-38 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-88 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-24 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-89 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-25 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-90 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-27 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-91 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-67 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-92 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-73 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-93 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-74 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-94 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-52 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-95 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-53 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-96 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-54 when operating in the Mediterranean)
  • German Type U 63 submarine – 3 ships
    • SM U-63 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-63 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-64 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-64 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-65 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-65 when operating in the Mediterranean)
  • German Type UB III submarine – 20 ships
    • SM U-66 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-66 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-67 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-67 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-68 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-68 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-69 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-69 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-70 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-70 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-71 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-71 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-79 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-48 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-80 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-49 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-81 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-50 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-82 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-51 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-83 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-52 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-84 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-53 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-97 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-105 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-98 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-128 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-99 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-129 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-133 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-133 planned but not completed)
    • SM U-134 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-134 planned but not completed)
    • SM U-135 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-135 planned but not completed)
    • SM U-146 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-146 planned but not completed)
    • SM U-147 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-147 planned but not completed)
  • German Type UE I submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 2 ships
    • SM U-72 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-72 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-73 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-73 when operating in the Mediterranean)
  • U-101-class submarine Meant to replace U1-U6 and then adopt those numbers – 9 ships
    • SM U-101 Ex-U-88 Laid down 1917 never completed
    • SM U-102 Ex-U-89 Laid down 1918 never completed
    • SM U-103 Ex-U-90 Laid down 1918 never completed
    • SM U-104 Ex-U-91 never started
    • SM U-105 Ex-U-92 never started
    • SM U-106 Ex-U-93 never started
    • SM U-118 never started
    • SM U-119 never started
    • SM U-120 never started
  • U-107-class submarine Laid down 1918 never completed, numbers planned up to U-141 – 4 ships
    • SM U-107 Ex-U-94
    • SM U-108 Ex-U-95
    • SM U-109 Ex-U-96
    • SM U-110 Ex-U-97
  • German Type UC III submarine – 2 ships
    • SM U-99 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-103 when operating in the Mediterranean)
    • SM U-110 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-108 when operating in the Mediterranean)
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River monitors

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SMS Leitha preserved as a museum ship in Budapest
See also: River monitor
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Gunboats

Paddle gunboats

  • SMS Rad-Dampf-Kanonenboot Nr. I (1859) – River Danube
  • Nr. I class – Lagoon
    • SMS Rad-Dampfer-Kanonenboot Nr. I (1860)
    • SMS Rad-Dampfer-Kanonenboot Nr. II (1860)
    • SMS Rad-Dampfer-Kanonenboot Nr. III (1860)
    • SMS Rad-Dampfer-Kanonenboot Nr. IV (1860)

Screw gunboats

  • SMS Möwe (1859)
  • SMS Schrauben-Kanonenboot Nr. II (1859) – River Danube
  • Kerka class
    • SMS Kerka (1860)
    • SMS Narenta (1860)
  • Pelikan class – Lagoon
    • SMS Pelikan (1860)
    • SMS Ausluger (1860)
    • SMS Deutschmeister (1860)
  • Raufbold class – Lake Garda
  • Dalmat class
    • SMS Dalmat (1861)
    • SMS Hum (1861)
    • SMS Welebich (1861)
  • Reka class
    • SMS Reka (1861)
    • SMS Wall (1861)
    • SMS Streiter (1861)
    • SMS Seehund (1861)
  • Grille class
    • SMS Grille (1861)
    • SMS Sansego (1861)
    • SMS Gemse (1861)
  • Albatros class
    • SMS Albatros (1873)
    • SMS Nautilus (1873)

River gunboats

  • Fogas class (1915)
  • Wels class (1915)
  • Stöhr class (1918)
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Minelayers

Armed Merchants

Cruising Steamers

  • SMS Adria
  • SMS Cetina
  • SMS Cirkvenica
  • SMS Frankopan
  • SMS Kvarner

Submarine hunters

  • SMS Arsa
  • SMS Knin
  • SMS Liburnia
  • SMS Makarska
  • SMS Monfalcone
  • SMS Nesazio
  • SMS Novi
  • SMS Pelagosa
  • SMS Sebenico (1898)
  • SMS Senj
  • SMS Slavija
  • SMS Tatra (1905)
  • SMS Zadar

Patrol ships

  • SMS Bilinksi
  • SMS Dolfin
  • SMS Neretva
  • SMS Quarnero
  • SMS Risano
  • SMS San Mauro
  • SMS Valona
  • SMS Vodice

Gunboats

  • SMS Kanonenboot I Ex-Trieste
  • SMS Kanonenboot I Ex-San Marco Di Rosandra
  • SMS Kanonenboot II Ex-Epulo
  • SMS Kanonenboot III Ex-San Guisto

Auxiliary ships

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Colliers and Oilers

  • Pola class
  • SMS Vesta ex-Etelka
  • SMS Prometeo unnamed oiler
  • SMS Dampfer I ex-Corsinia
  • SMS Dampfer II ex-Izvor
  • SMS Dampfer VII ex-Amphitrite
  • SMS Dampfer VIII ex-Fiume
  • SMS Dampfer XI ex-Austria
  • SMS Bellaura
  • SMS Jason
  • SMS Radium
  • SMS Sirena Changed to depot ship

Water Carriers

  • SMS Najade
  • SMS Nymphe
  • SMS Nixe (1903)
  • SMS WT.250 (1918)

Salvage ships

  • SMS Herkules
  • SMS Gigant

Tugs

  • SMS Pluto Rescue tug
  • SMS Titan Rescue tug
  • SMS Hippos
  • SMS Büffel

Sea rescue vessels

  • SMS Belrorie
  • SMS Cyclops
  • SMS Belrorie

Submarine depot ships

Destroyer depot ships

  • SMS Dampfer IV ex-Gastein (also served as armed troopship)

Mine depot ships

  • SMS Dampfer V Ex-Carniolia
  • SMS Dampfer XIII Ex-Urano

Ammunition ships

  • SMS Dampfer III Ex-Goritia
  • SMS Dampfer VI Ex-Bucovina
  • SMS Dampfer XIII (1900) Ex-Styria
  • SMS Brioni
  • SMS Dampfer IX Ex-Baron Call

Cargo ships

  • SMS Dampfer XVIII Ex-Kephallonia
  • SMS Dampfer XIX Ex-Hrvat
  • SMS Dampfer XIX Ex-Zichy
  • SMS Dampfer XXEx-Fram
  • SMS Daniel Erno
  • SMS Maria
  • SMS Magyar
  • SMS Sarajevo

Troop ships

  • SMS Euterpe
  • SMS Gödöllö
  • SMS Salona

Hospital ships

  • SMS Dampfer X Ex-Afria

Repair Ships

  • SMS Cyclop (1871)
  • SMS Vulcan Ex-Prinz Eugen 1877

Accommodation Ships

  • SMS Cleopatra
  • SMS Habsburg (1895)
  • SMS Pannonia
  • SMS Semiramis
  • SMS Trieste
  • SMS Wien (1911) (doubled as Hospital Ship)
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