List of ships of Austria-Hungary

This is a list of Austro-Hungarian Navy ships.

Capital ships edit

Ships of the line edit

SMS Santa Elisabetta - ex-British ship bought in Naples 1720^[1]
SMS San Michele - ex-British ship bought in Naples 1720^[1]

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
SMS Kaiser 92 (1858) - Later ironclad (see below)

Ironclad ships edit

Drache class
- SMS Drache (1861)
- SMS Salamander (1861)
Kaiser Max class
- SMS Kaiser Max (1862)
- SMS Prinz Eugen (1862)
- SMS Don Juan d'Austria (1862)
Erzherzog Ferdinand Max class
- SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max (1865)
- SMS Habsburg (1865)
SMS Lissa (1869)
SMS Kaiser (1858) – former ship of the line, re-launched 1871 as ironclad
SMS Custoza (1872)
SMS Erzherzog Albrecht (1872)
Kaiser Max class
- SMS Kaiser Max (1875)
- SMS Don Juan d'Austria (1875)
- SMS Prinz Eugen (1877)
SMS Tegetthoff (1878)
SMS Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf (1887)
SMS Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie (1887)

Coastal defence ships edit

Monarch class
- SMS Budapest (1895)
- SMS Monarch (1895)
- SMS Wien (1895) – sunk at anchor by an Italian torpedo motor-boat inside the defences of Trieste harbour in 1917

Battleships edit

Habsburg class
- SMS Habsburg (1900)
- SMS Árpád (1901)
- SMS Babenberg (1902)
Erzherzog Karl class
- SMS Erzherzog Karl (1903)
- SMS Erzherzog Friedrich (1904)
- SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max (1905)
Radetzky class
- SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand (1908)
- SMS Radetzky (1909)
- SMS Zrínyi (1910)
Tegetthoff class (all c21,700 metric tons displacement)
- SMS Viribus Unitis (1911)
- SMS Tegetthoff (1912)
- SMS Prinz Eugen (1912)
- SMS Szent István (1914)
Ersatz Monarch class (Projected)

Cruisers edit

Armoured cruisers edit

SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia (1893)(rebuild 1909)
SMS Kaiser Karl VI (1900)
SMS Sankt Georg (1903)

Small cruisers edit

Torpedo cruisers

Zara class
- SMS Zara (1879)
- SMS Spalato (1879)
- SMS Sebenico (1882)
SMS Lussin (1883)
Panther class
- SMS Panther (1885)
- SMS Leopard (1885)
SMS Tiger (1887)

Protected cruisers

Kaiser Franz Joseph I class
- SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I (1890)
- SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth (1892)
Zenta class
- SMS Aspern (1899)
- SMS Szigetvár (1899)
- SMS Zenta (1899)

Fast cruisers (Rapidkreuzer)

SMS Admiral Spaun (1910)
Novara class
- SMS Saida (1914)
- SMS Helgoland (1912)
- SMS Novara (1913)
Ersatz Zenta class 3 ships planned (1917 projected)

Sailing ships edit

Sailing frigates

SMS Carolina (1808) Ex-French Carolina
Téméraire class
- Bellona (1811) - ex-French Régénérateur
- Reale Italiano (1812) - ex-French Royal Italien
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 Moskva
- SMS Juno (1829) - ex-French Guerrière
- SMS Venere (1832) - ex-French Vénus
SMS Bellona (1842)
SMS Novara (1850) – Later screw frigate (see below)
SMS Schwarzenberg (1853) – Later screw frigate (see below)

Sailing corvettes

Sailing brigs

Schooners (goelettes)

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

Paddle steamers (Radaviso)

Screw frigates

SMS Radetzky (1854)
SMS Adria (1856)
SMS Donau (1856)
SMS Novara (1850) – Ex-sailing frigate, 1862
SMS Schwarzenberg (1853) – Ex-sailing frigate, 1862
SMS Radetzky (1872) – Renamed SMS Adria 1908
SMS Laudon (1873) – Renamed SMS Schwarzenberg 1900

Screw corvettes

SMS Erzherzog Friedrich (1857)
SMS Dandolo (1858)
SMS Donau (1874)
SMS Saida (1878) – Renamed SMS Minerva 1912
SMS Donau (1893)

Screw sloops

SMS Helgoland (1867)
SMS Fasana (1870) – Hulked and renamed SMS Gamma 1902
SMS Zrínyi (1870)
SMS Aurora (1873)
SMS Frundsberg (1873)

Destroyers and torpedo boats edit

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

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)
- SMS Python
- SMS Kígyó
- SMS Boa (1898)
- SMS Cobra
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

Kaiman-class torpedo boat – 24 ships (1905–1909)
250t-class torpedo boat – 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

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

Huszár-class destroyer – 13 ships (1905–1910)
- SMS Csikós
- SMS Dinara
- SMS Huszár (1905)
- SMS Huszár (1909)
- SMS Pandur
- SMS Reka
- SMS Scharfschütze (Sniper)
- SMS Streiter
- SMS Turul
- SMS Ulan
- SMS Uskoke
- SMS Velebit
- SMS Wildfang
SMS Warasdiner (1912)
Tátra-class destroyer – 10 ships (1912–1917)
- SMS Balaton
- SMS Csepel
- SMS Lika (1913)
- SMS Orjen
- SMS Tátra
- SMS Triglav (1913)
Ersatz Triglav class
- SMS Dukla
- SMS Lika (1917)
- SMS Triglav (1917)
- SMS Uzsok

Submarines edit

U-1-class Lake Type Submarines – 2 ships
- SM U-1
- SM U-2

U-3 class – 2 ships
- SM U-3
- SM U-4

U-5 class Holland Type Submarines – 3 ships
- SM U-5
- SM U-6
- SM U-12 Temporarily Designated U-7

U-7 class Sold to Germany – 5 ships
- SMS U-7 Sold as U-66 1914
- SMS U-8 Sold as U-67 1914
- SMS U-9 Sold as U-68 1914
- SMS U-10 Sold as U-69 1914
- SMS U-11 Sold as U-70 1914

U-10 class German UB I class Submarine – 9 ships
- SMS U-7 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-7 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SMS U-8 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-8 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SMS U-9 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-3 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-10 Ex-German UB-1
- SM U-11 Ex-German UB-15
- SM U-15
- SM U-16
- SM U-17
- SM U-26 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-14 when operating in the Mediterranean)

Brumaire-class submarine – 1 ship
- SM U-14 Ex-French Curie

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
- SM U-27
- SM U-28
- SM U-29
- SM U-30
- SM U-31
- SM U-32
- SM U-40
- SM U-41

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)

German 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)

River monitors edit

Leitha-class river monitor
- SMS Maros (1871)
- SMS Leitha (1871)
Körös-class river monitor
- SMS Körös
- SMS Szamos (1892)
Temes-class river monitor
- SMS Temes
- SMS Bodrog (1904)
Enns-class river monitor
- SMS Enns
- SMS Inn
Sava-class river monitor
- SMS Sava
- SMS Temes (II) (1915)
SMS Nr XI and SMS Nr XII (Planned 1917 but never laid down)

Gunboats edit

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
- SMS Raufbold (1860)
- SMS Speiteufel (1860)
- SMS Uskoke (1860)
- SMS Scharfschütze (1860)
- SMS Wespe (1860)
- SMS Wildfang (1860)
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

Minelayers edit

Armed Merchants edit

Cruising Steamers

Submarine hunters

Patrol ships

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 edit

Colliers and Oilers

Pola class
- SMS Pola
- SMS Teodo
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

Salvage ships

Tugs

Sea rescue vessel

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

Cargo ships

Troop ships

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)

References edit

^ ^a ^b CRATEY, Antonio (1808). Perigrafia dell'origine dei nomi imposti alle androne, contrade e piazze di Trieste che servir può d'aggiunta alla cronica del P. Ireneo della Croce pubblicata nell'anno 1808. OCLC 557772601.

[:0-1] CRATEY, Antonio (1808). Perigrafia dell'origine dei nomi imposti alle androne, contrade e piazze di Trieste che servir può d'aggiunta alla cronica del P. Ireneo della Croce pubblicata nell'anno 1808. OCLC 557772601.

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