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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.
The U-5 class was a class of three submarines or U-boats that were operated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy (German: Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine or K.u.K. Kriegsmarine) before and during World War I. The class was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Navy's efforts to competitively evaluate three foreign submarine designs.
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 ...
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 ...
Austria-Hungary's U-boat fleet was largely obsolete at the outbreak of World War I. [6] The Austro-Hungarian Navy satisfied its most urgent needs by purchasing five Type UB I submarines that comprised the U-10 class from Germany, [7] by raising and recommissioning the sunken French submarine Curie as U-14, [6] [Note 1] and by building four submarines of the U-20 class that were based on the ...
The class was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Navy's efforts to competitively evaluate three foreign submarine designs. The two U-3 -class boats, both launched in 1908, were just under 140 feet (43 m) long and were each powered by two kerosene two-stroke engines while surfaced, and two electric motors when submerged.
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.
With the establishment of the Austrian Naval League in September 1904 and the appointment of Vice-Admiral Rudolf Montecuccoli to the posts of Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (German: Marinekommandant) and Chief of the Naval Section of the War Ministry (German: Chef der Marinesektion) the following month, [2] [3] the Austro-Hungarian Navy began an expansion program befitting a great power.