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As a result, German U-boats operating in Mediterranean were assigned Austro-Hungarian numbers and flags. In some cases the same Austro-Hungarian numbers were assigned to different German U-boats. After 28 August 1916, when Germany and Italy were officially at war, the practice continued, primarily to avoid charges of flag misuse.
Austria-Hungary's U-boat fleet was largely obsolete at the outbreak of World War I. [4] The Austro-Hungarian Navy satisfied its most urgent needs by purchasing five Type UB I submarines that comprised the U-10 class from Germany, [5] by raising and recommissioning the sunken French submarine Curie as U-14, [4] [Note 1] and by building four submarines of the U-20 class that were based on the ...
U-4, which was posted near Valona, was a part of a force of three U-boats intended to intercept British and Italian ships responding to the attacks; the other two were the Austro-Hungarian U-27 (assigned to patrol between Brindisi and Cattaro) and the German UC-25 (assigned to mine Brindisi). A squadron of British cruisers and Italian and ...
Austria-Hungary's U-boat fleet was largely obsolete at the outbreak of World War I. [2] The Austro-Hungarian Navy satisfied its most urgent needs by purchasing five Type UB I submarines that comprised the U-10 class from Germany, [3] by raising and recommissioning the sunken French submarine Curie as U-14, [2] [Note 1] and by building four submarines of the U-20 class that were based on the ...
SM U-68, ordered as U-9, part of the Austro-Hungarian Navy U-7 class; sold to Germany before 1915 launch and became one of the German Type U 66 submarines; sunk in March 1916 during first patrol by British Q ship; SM UB-3, a German Type UB I submarine that operated in the Mediterranean; co-flagged as the Austro-Hungarian U-boat SM U-9 ...
The Austro-Hungarian U-boat fleet was created in the decade prior to the First World War.They were built to a variety of designs, many under licence from Germany. They served throughout the war against Italian, French and British shipping in the Mediterranean Sea with some success, losing eight of the twenty eight boats in service in return.
In June, U-5 helped search for the lost Austro-Hungarian seaplane L 41, and in July, received an upgrade of her deck gun to a 4.7 cm (1.9 in) QF gun. [5] In early August, U-5 was sent out from Lissa when the Austro-Hungarian Navy received word from a reconnaissance aircraft that an Italian submarine had been sighted at Pelagosa. [17]
Austria-Hungary's U-boat fleet was largely obsolete at the outbreak of World War I. [5] The Austro-Hungarian Navy satisfied its most urgent needs by purchasing five Type UB I submarines that comprised the U-10 class from Germany, [6] by raising and recommissioning the sunken French submarine Curie as U-14, [5] [Note 1] and by building four submarines of the U-20 class that were based on the ...