List of ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
Encyclopedia
Dreadnoughts
- Tegetthoff classTegetthoff class battleshipThe Tegetthoff-class was the sole class of dreadnought battleship built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Four ships were built, SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen and SMS Szent Istvan...
(all c21,700 metric tons displacement)
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- Ersatz Monarch classErsatz Monarch class battleshipThe Ersatz Monarch-class battleship was a projected new class of four battleships which were to be constructed for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1914–1919. Designed to replace the Monarch class of coastal defense ships, each of the battleships were to carry ten guns as their primary armament, a...
(Projected)
Pre-Dreadnoughts
- Habsburg classHabsburg class battleshipThe Habsburg class was a group of pre-dreadnought battleships built by Austria-Hungary at the turn of the 20th century. They were the first sea-going battleship built by Austria-Hungary since the center-battery ship Tegetthoff in 1876. The class was composed of three ships: , , and...
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- Erzherzog Karl class
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- Radetzky classRadetzky class battleshipThe Radetzky class were a group of three semi-dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy between 1907 and 1910. All ships were built by the STT shipyard in Trieste. They were the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarians, and the penultimate class of any type of...
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- Monarch class battleshipMonarch class battleshipThe Monarch class was a class of battleships, although resembling coastal defence ships, built by Austria-Hungary at the end of the 19th century. The Monarchs were the first ships of their type to utilize turrets. The class comprised three ships: , , and , each armed with two L/40 guns in two...
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Trieste
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harbour in 1917)
- Kronprinz class
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Small cruisers
Sailing frigates- SMS Venus (1832)
- SMS Bellona (1842) - Later screw frigate (see below) - Later screw frigate (see below)
Sailing sloops
- SMS Minerva (1833)
- SMS Diana (1834)
- SMS Carolina (1844)
Sailing brigs (launched 1831-1849)
- SMS Pylades
- SMS Pola
- SMS Montecuccoli
- SMS Hussar
Schooners (goelettes)
- SMS Arthemisia
- SMS Arethusa
- SMS Saida
- SMS Dromedar
- SMS Bravo
- SMS Fido
- SMS Camaeleon
Paddle steamers (Radaviso) (launched 1843-1854)
- SMS Roma
- SMS Jupiter
- SMS Gorzkowski
- SMS Messagiere
- SMS Achilles
- SMS Taurus
- SMS Vulkan
- SMS Custoza
- SMS Curtatone
- SMS Santa Lucia
- SMS Volta
- SMS Prinz Eugen
- SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth
Screw frigates - Ex-sailing frigate, 1862 - Ex-sailing frigate, 1862
- SWMS Radetzky (1872) - Renamed Adria 1908 (1873) - Renamed Schwarzenberg 1900
Screw corvettes - Renamed Minerva 1912
Screw sloops (1870) - Renamed Gamma 1902 (1873) (1873)
Torpedo cruisers (1879) (1879) (1882) (1883)
Torpedo ram cruisers (1885) (1885)
Protected cruisers
- Kaiser Franz Joseph I classKaiser Franz Joseph I class cruiserThe Kaiser Franz Joseph I class was a class of protected cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The class comprised Kaiser Franz Joseph I and Kaiserin Elisabeth.-Design:...
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- Zenta class
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Fast cruisers (Rapidkreuzer) (1910)
- Novara class
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Destroyers and Torpedo Boats
- Python class torpedo boat - 4 ships (1898-1899) (1898)
- Huszar class destroyer - 13 ships (1905-1910)
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- Tatra class - 10 ships (1912-1917)
Armorclad ships and River Monitors
- Drache class
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- Kaiser Max class
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- Erzherzog Ferdinand Max class
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- Ersatz Kaiser Max class
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Gunboats
(1887) (1889) (1890) (1892) (1896)- Fogas class gunboat (1915)
- Wels class gunboat (1915)
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