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Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I (1976)

NAVAL WAR IN OUTLINE
  
Apart from one major fleet sortie on the declaration of war between Austria and Italy on the 23rd May 1915, and an aborted one in June 1918 when dreadnought 'Szent Istvan' was lost, the Austrian heavy ships spent the entire war as a fleet-in-being within the Adriatic Sea, holding down a large portion of the Italian and French battle fleets as well as units of the Royal Navy. Most of the action in the Adriatic that took place involved the well-handled destroyers, submarines and to a lesser extent light cruisers of the Austrian Navy.
The initially small Austrian submarine force was unable to play a role outside the Adriatic, and by early 1915 the Germans were sending U-boats into the Mediterranean, in part to attack the Allied fleet off the Dardanelles. As Italy had declared war on Austro-Hungary but not Germany, the German boats operated under the Austrian ensign and were temporarily commissioned into the Austrian Navy. Once Germany and Italy had gone to war in August 1916, German U-boats operated under their own flag. Although the Austrian submarine fleet did not grow to large numbers it had an impressive record - damaging French dreadnought 'Jean Bart', and sinking:

Armoured cruisers - French 'Leon Gambetta', Italian 'Giuseppe Garibaldi'

Destroyers - British 'Phoenix', French 'Fourche' and 'Renaudin', Italian 'Impetuoso' and 'Nembo'

Submarines - French 'Circe', Italian 'Nereide' 
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Spot info:
Title: Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I
Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd
Author: Rene Greger
Language: English
Year: 1976
Pages: 192
Format: pdf
Size: 97,8 mb

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