Between the centuries Austro-Hungarian Navy

1 between centuries

1.1 crete rebellion
1.2 boxer rebellion
1.3 montenegro
1.4 european naval arms race
1.5 dreadnought era
1.6 submarine fleet

between centuries
crete rebellion

in late 1896 rebellion broke out on crete, , on 21 january 1897 greek army landed in crete liberate island ottoman empire , unite greece. european powers, including austria-hungary, intervened, , proclaimed crete international protectorate. warships of k.u.k. kriegsmarine patrolled waters off crete in blockade of ottoman naval forces. crete remained in anomalous position until ceded greece in 1913.

the boxer rebellion

austria-hungary part of eight-nation alliance during boxer rebellion in china (1899–1901). member of allied nations, austria sent 2 training ships , cruisers sms kaiserin und königin maria theresia, sms kaiserin elisabeth, sms aspern, , sms zenta , company of marines north china coast in april 1900, based @ russia concession of port arthur.

in june helped hold tianjin railway against boxer forces, , fired upon several armed junks on hai river near tong-tcheou. took part in seizure of taku forts commanding approaches tianjin, , boarding , capture of 4 chinese destroyers capt. roger keyes of hms fame. in k.u.k. forces suffered few casualties during rebellion.

after uprising cruiser maintained permanently on china station, , detachment of marines deployed @ embassy in peking.

lieutenant georg ludwig von trapp, serve submarine commander during world war , become famous in musical sound of music after world war ii, decorated bravery aboard sms kaiserin und königin maria theresia during rebellion.

montenegro

during first balkan war austria-hungary joined germany, france, united kingdom , italy in blockading seaport town of bar (antivari) in kingdom of montenegro.

european naval arms race

scale drawing of radetzky-class semi-dreadnought.

among many factors giving rise world war naval arms race between british empire , imperial germany. germany enhanced naval infrastructure, building new dry docks, , enlarging kiel canal enable larger vessels navigate it. however, not european naval arms race. imperial russia had commenced building new modern navy following naval defeat in russo-japanese war. austro-hungarian empire , kingdom of italy in race of own domination of adriatic sea. k.u.k. kriegsmarine had prominent supporter @ time in face of archduke franz ferdinand. other imperial naval enthusiasts before him, franz ferdinand had keen private interest in fleet , energetic campaigner naval matters.

the dreadnought era

in 1906 britain completed battleship hms dreadnought, , advanced argued rendered previous battleships obsolete, although britain , other countries kept pre-dreadnoughts in service.

dreadnought sms tegetthoff, named after admiral von tegetthoff

austria-hungary s naval architects, aware of inevitable dominance of big gun dreadnought type designs, presented case marinesektion des reichskriegsministeriums (naval section @ war ministry) in vienna, on 5 october 1908 ordered construction of own dreadnought, first contract being awarded werft das stabilimento tecnico triestino (stt) , naval weaponry provided Škoda works in pilsen. marine budget 1910 substantially enlarged permit major refits of existing fleet , more dreadnoughts. battleships sms tegetthoff , sms viribus unitis both launched archduke franz ferdinand @ trieste, amongst great rejoicing, on 24 june 1911, , 21 march 1912 respectively. followed sms prinz eugen, , sms szent istván. these battleships, constructed later many of earlier british , german dreadnoughts, considerably ahead in aspects of design, of both french , italian navies, , constructed marconi wireless rooms anti-aircraft armaments. has been claimed first battleships in world equipped torpedo launchers built bows.

between 22 , 28 may 1914 tegetthoff, accompanied viribus unitis, made courtesy visit british mediterranean fleet in malta.

submarine fleet

in 1904, after allowing navies of other countries pioneer submarine developments, austro-hungarian navy ordered austrian naval technical committee (mtk) produce submarine design. january 1905 design developed mtk , other designs submitted public part of design competition rejected navy impracticable. instead opted order 2 submarines each of designs simon lake, germaniawerft, , john philip holland competitive evaluation. 2 germaniawerft submarines comprised u-3 class. navy authorized 2 boats, u-3 , u-4, germaniawerft in 1906.

the u-3-class improved version of germaniawerft s design imperial german navy s first u-boat, u-1, , featured double hull internal saddle tanks. germaniawerft engineers refined design s hull shape through extensive model trials.

u-3 , u-4 both laid down on 12 march 1907 @ germaniawerft in kiel , launched in august , november 1908, respectively. after completion, each towed pola via gibraltar, u-3 arriving in january 1909 , u-4 arriving in april.

the u-5 class built same design c-class navy , built robert whitehead s firm of whitehead & co. under license holland , company, electric boat. components first 2 austrian boats manufactured electric boat company , assembled @ fiume, while third boat speculative private venture whitehead failed find buyer , purchased austria-hungary upon outbreak of world war i.

the u-5-class boats had single-hulled design teardrop shape bore strong resemblance modern nuclear submarines. boats on 105 feet (32 m) long , displaced 240 tonnes (260 short tons) surfaced, , 273 tonnes (301 short tons) submerged. torpedo tubes featured unique, cloverleaf-shaped design hatches rotated on central axis. ships powered twin 6-cylinder gasoline engines while surfaced, suffered inadequate ventilation resulted in frequent intoxication of crew. while submerged, propelled twin electric motors. 3 boats built in class: u-5, u-6, , u-12.

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