Austro-Hungarian Navy
navy of Austria-Hungary
The Austro-Hungarian Navy, also known as the k.u.k Kriegsmarine (Royal and Imperial Navy) was the navy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 until the end of World War I.
| Austro-Hungarian Navy | |
|---|---|
| Kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine (German) Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet (Hungarian) | |
 Coat of arms of the Austro-Hungarian Navy | |
| Active | 1786–1867 (as the Austrian Navy) 1867–1918 (as the Austro-Hungarian Navy) |
| Country |  Austria (1786–1867) Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) |
| Type | Navy |
| Role | Defence of Austria-Hungary's naval interests, its merchant marine, and its coastline |
| Size | 1914: 20,000 personnel 4 dreadnoughts 9 pre-dreadnoughts 3 coastal defense ships 3 armored cruisers 2 torpedo cruisers 5 protected cruisers 2 scout cruisers 18 destroyers 25 high seas torpedo craft 29 coastal torpedo craft 6 submarines |
| Part of | Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces |
| Garrison/HQ | The Naval Section of the War Ministry |
| Nickname(s) | "Trieste Navy" (18th century)[1] |
| Motto(s) | Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter (Latin: Indivisibly and Inseparably) |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Holy Roman Emperor (1786–1804) | Joseph II (1786–1790) Leopold II (1790–1792) Francis II (1792–1804) |
| Emperor of Austria (1804–1867) | Francis I (1804–1835) Ferdinand I (1835–1848) Franz Joseph I (1848–1867) |
| Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1867–1918) | Franz Joseph I (1867–1916) Karl I (1916–1918) |
| Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (German: Oberkommandant der Marine) | Hans Birch Dahlerup (February 1849–August 1851) Franz Graf Wimpffen (August 1851–September 1854) Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria (September 1854–1861) Ludwig von Fautz (1861–March 1865) Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (March 1868–April 1871) Friedrich von Pöck (April 1871–November 1883) Maximilian Daublebsky von Sterneck (November 1883–December 1897) Hermann von Spaun (December 1897–October 1904) Rudolf Montecuccoli (October 1904–February 1913) Anton Haus (February 1913–February 1917) Maximilian Njegovan (April 1917–February 1918) |
| Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet (German: Flottenkommandant) | Anton Haus (July 1914–February 1917) Maximilian Njegovan (February 1917–February 1918) Miklós Horthy (February 1918–November 1918) |
| Chief of the Naval Section of the War Ministry (German: Chef der Marinesektion) | Ludwig von Fautz (March 1865–April 1868) Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (March 1868–April 1871) Friedrich von Pöck (October 1872–November 1883) Maximilian Daublebsky von Sterneck (November 1883–December 1897) Hermann von Spaun (December 1897–October 1904) Rudolf Montecuccoli (October 1904–February 1913) Anton Haus (February 1913–February 1917) Karl Kailer von Kaltenfels (February 1917–April 1917) Maximilian Njegovan (April 1917–February 1918) Franz von Holub (February 1918–November 1918) |
| Insignia | |
| Naval ensign: 1786–1915 |  |
After the end of the War, the Austro-Hungarians transferred their ships to the Royal Yugoslav Navy, so that the Allied Nations would not keep these ships.
References
change- ↑ Sokol 1968, pp. 7, 9.
Other websites
change- The Genesis of the Austrian Navy - A Chronology
- Antique Photography & Postcards of Austro-Hungarian army 1866-1918 (in English)