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List of ships of Austria-Hungary

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This is a list of Austro-Hungarian Navy ships.

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

Capital ships

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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
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Tegetthoff in Pola in the late 1880s

Coastal defence ships

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Battleships

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Viribus Unitis at anchor in 1914

Cruisers

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The armored cruiser Kaiser Karl VI

Armoured cruisers

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Torpedo cruisers

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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

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Sailing corvettes

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Sailing brigs

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Schooners

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Paddle steamers

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Screw frigates

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SMS Radetzky

Screw corvettes

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An unidentified member of the Aurora class, date unknown

Destroyers and torpedo boats

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Second Class Torpedo boats

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Coastal Torpedo boats

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Torpedo-boat No. 38 underway

High seas torpedo boats

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69 F (ex-Polyp, later renamed T11) photographed in 1916
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Torpedo gunboats

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Destroyers

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

Submarines

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River monitors

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SMS Leitha preserved as a museum ship in Budapest

Gunboats

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Paddle gunboats

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Screw gunboats

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River gunboats

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Minelayers

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Armed Merchants

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Cruising Steamers

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Submarine hunters

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Patrol ships

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Gunboats

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Auxiliary ships

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Colliers and Oilers

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Water Carriers

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Salvage ships

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Tugs

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Sea rescue vessels

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Submarine depot ships

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Destroyer depot ships

Mine depot ships

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Ammunition ships

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Cargo ships

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Troop ships

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Hospital ships

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Repair Ships

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Accommodation Ships

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References

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  1. ^ 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.