List of ships of Austria-Hungary

This is a list of Austro-Hungarian Navy ships.

Habsburg-class battleship

Capital ships[]

Ships of the line[]

SMS Santa Elisabetta - ex-British ship bought in Naples 1720^[1]
SMS San Michele - ex-British ship bought in Naples 1720^[1]

SMS San Carlos 84 (1695) - ex-British ship Cumberland bought in Naples 1720
80 (1815) - ex-French ship Saturno captured in Venice 1814 broken up on stocks
SMS Cesare 74 (1815) - ex-French ship Montebello captured in Venice 1814
SMS Kaiser 92 (1858) - Later ironclad (see below)

Ironclad ships[]

Drache class
- SMS Drache (1861)
- SMS Salamander (1861)
Kaiser Max class
- SMS Kaiser Max (1862)
- SMS Prinz Eugen (1862)
- SMS Don Juan d'Austria (1862)
Erzherzog Ferdinand Max class
- SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max (1865)
- SMS Habsburg (1865)
SMS Lissa (1869)
SMS Kaiser (1858) – former ship of the line, re-launched 1871 as ironclad
SMS Custoza (1872)
SMS Erzherzog Albrecht (1872)
Kaiser Max class
- SMS Kaiser Max (1875)
- SMS Don Juan d'Austria (1875)
- SMS Prinz Eugen (1877)
SMS Tegetthoff (1878)
SMS Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf (1887)
SMS Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie (1887)

Coastal defence ships[]

Monarch class
- SMS Budapest (1895)
- SMS Monarch (1895)
- SMS Wien (1895) – sunk at anchor by an Italian torpedo motor-boat inside the defences of Trieste harbour in 1917

Battleships[]

Habsburg class
- SMS Habsburg (1900)
- SMS Árpád (1901)
- SMS Babenberg (1902)
Erzherzog Karl class
- SMS Erzherzog Karl (1903)
- SMS Erzherzog Friedrich (1904)
- SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max (1905)
Radetzky class
- SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand (1908)
- SMS Radetzky (1909)
- SMS Zrínyi (1910)
Tegetthoff class (all c21,700 metric tons displacement)
- SMS Viribus Unitis (1911)
- SMS Tegetthoff (1912)
- SMS Prinz Eugen (1912)
- SMS Szent István (1914)
Ersatz Monarch class (Projected)

Cruisers[]

Armoured cruisers[]

SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia (1893)(rebuild 1909)
SMS Kaiser Karl VI (1900)
SMS Sankt Georg (1903)

Small cruisers[]

Torpedo cruisers

Zara class
- SMS Zara (1879)
- SMS Spalato (1879)
- SMS Sebenico (1882)
SMS Lussin (1883)
Panther class
- SMS Panther (1885)
- SMS Leopard (1885)
SMS Tiger (1887)

Protected cruisers

Kaiser Franz Joseph I class
- SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I (1890)
- SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth (1892)
Zenta class
- SMS Aspern (1899)
- SMS Szigetvár (1899)
- SMS Zenta (1899)

Fast cruisers (Rapidkreuzer)

SMS Admiral Spaun (1910)
Novara class
- SMS Saida (1914)
- SMS Helgoland (1912)
- SMS Novara (1913)
Ersatz Zenta class 3 ships planned (1917 projected)

Sailing ships[]

Sailing frigates

(1808) Ex-French Carolina
Téméraire class
- Bellona (1811) - ex-French Régénérateur
- Reale Italiano (1812) - ex-French Royal Italien
Pallas class
- (1811) - ex-French Princesse de Bologne
- (1812) - ex-French Piave
- - ex-French Amphitrite
- (1820) - ex-French Hébé
- (1827) - ex-French Moskva
- (1829) - ex-French Guerrière
- (1832) - ex-French Vénus
(1842)
SMS Novara (1850) – Later screw frigate (see below)
(1853) – Later screw frigate (see below)

Sailing corvettes

(1834)
(1838)
(1844)

Sailing brigs

(1831)
(1832)
(1843)
(1847)

Schooners (goelettes)

(1833)
(1834)
(1837)
(1837)
(1850)
(1851)
(1855)

Paddle steamers (Radaviso)

SMS Vulcano (1843)
(1847)
(1848)
SMS Custoza (1848)
(1848)
(1848)
(1850)
(1850)
(1851)
(1854)
(1857)

Screw frigates

SMS Radetzky (1854)
SMS Novara (1850) – Ex-sailing frigate, 1862
(1853) – Ex-sailing frigate, 1862
(1872) – Renamed 1908
(1873) – Renamed 1900

Screw corvettes

– Renamed 1912

Screw sloops

(1867)
(1870) – Hulked and renamed 1902
(1870)
(1873)
SMS Frundsberg (1873)

Destroyers and torpedo boats[]

Second Class Torpedo boats

torpedo boat – 1 ships (1875)
torpedo boat – 1 ships (1878)
torpedo boat – 2 ships (1879)
torpedo boat – 4 ships (1881)
torpedo boat – 2 ships (1881)
torpedo boat – 16 ships (1883)
torpedo boat – 6 ships (1886)
torpedo boat – 1 ship (1887)
torpedo boat – 6 ships (1889)

Coastal Torpedo boats

torpedo boat – 2 ships (1886)
Schichau-class torpedo boat – 22 ships (1885–1891)
SMS Natter (1896)
SMS Viper (1896)
Cobra-class torpedo boat – 4 ships (1898–1899)
- SMS Kigyo
- SMS Boa (1898)
110t-class torpedo boat – 12 ships (1909–1911)
- Trieste-group - 6 ships (1909–1910)
  - TB.I
  - TB.II
  - TB.III
  - TB.IV
  - TB.V
  - TB.VI
- Fiume-group - 6 ships (1910–1911)
  - TB.VII
  - TB.VIII
  - TB.IX
  - TB.X
  - TB.XI
  - TB.XII

High seas torpedo boats

Kaiman-class torpedo boat – 24 ships (1905–1909)
250t-class torpedo boat – 27 ships (1913–1916)
- T-group - 8 ships (1913–1914)
  - 74 T
  - 75 T
  - 76 T
  - 77 T
  - 78 T
  - 79 T
  - 80 T
  - 81 T
- F-group - 16 ships (1914–1916)
  - 82 F
  - 83 F
  - 84 T
  - 85 T
  - 86 T
  - 87 F
  - 88 T
  - 89 T
  - 90 T
  - 91 T
  - 92 F
  - 93 F
  - 94 F
  - 95 F
  - 96 F
  - 97 F
- M-group - 3 ships (1914–1915)
  - 98 M
  - 99 M
  - 100 M

Torpedo gunboats

(1887)
(1888)
(1888)
(1889)
(1890)
(1892)
(1896) (named a torpedo cruiser in the shipyard)

Destroyers

Huszár-class destroyer – 13 ships (1905–1910)
- (1905)
- (1909)
- (Sniper)
- SMS Ulan
SMS Warasdiner (1912)
Tátra-class destroyer – 10 ships (1912–1917)
- SMS Balaton
- SMS Csepel
- SMS Lika (1913)
- SMS Orjen
- SMS Tátra
- SMS Triglav (1913)
Ersatz Triglav class
- (1917)
- (1917)

Submarines[]

U-1-class Lake Type Submarines – 2 ships
- SM U-1
- SM U-2

U-3 class – 2 ships
- SM U-3
- SM U-4

U-5 class Holland Type Submarines – 3 ships
- SM U-5
- SM U-6
- SM U-12 Temporarily Designated U-7

U-7 class Sold to Germany – 5 ships
- SMS U-7 Sold as U-66 1914
- SMS U-8 Sold as U-67 1914
- SMS U-9 Sold as U-68 1914
- SMS U-10 Sold as U-69 1914
- SMS U-11 Sold as U-70 1914

U-10 class German UB I class Submarine – 9 ships
- SMS U-7 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-7 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SMS U-8 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-8 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SMS U-9 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-3 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-10 Ex-German UB-1
- SM U-11 Ex-German UB-15
- SM U-15
- SM U-16
- SM U-17
- SM U-26 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-14 when operating in the Mediterranean)

Brumaire-class submarine – 1 ship
- SM U-14 Ex-French Curie

German Type UC I submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 4 ships
- SM U-18 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-14 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-19 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-15 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-24 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-12 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-25 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-13 when operating in the Mediterranean)

U-20 class – 4 ships

U-27 class Modified German UB II Class built in Austria-Hungary – 8 ships
- SM U-27
- SM U-28
- SM U-29
- SM U-30
- SM U-31
- SM U-32
- SM U-40
- SM U-41

German Type U 31 submarine – 6 ships
- SM U-33 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-33 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-34 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-34 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-35 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-35 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-37 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-32 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-38 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-38 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-39 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-39 when operating in the Mediterranean)

German Type U 19 submarine – 1 ship
- SM U-36 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-21 when operating in the Mediterranean)

German Type U 43 submarine – 1 ship
- SM U-36 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-47 when operating in the Mediterranean)

U-43-class submarine (Austria-Hungary) German UB II class Submarine – 6 ships
- SM U-42 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-42 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-43 Ex-German UB-43 Purchased from Germany
- SM U-44 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-44 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-45 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-45 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-46 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-46 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-47 Ex-German UB-47 Purchased from Germany

U-48-class submarine Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
- Ordered 1918 never Started
- Ordered 1918 never Started

U-50-class submarine Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
- Ordered 1918 never Started
- Ordered 1918 never Started

U-52-class submarine Started 1916 never completed – 4 ships
- Ordered 1917 never Started
- Ordered 1917 never Started

German Type UC II submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 19 ships
- SM U-60 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-20 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-61 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-23 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-62 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-22 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-66 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-69 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-34 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-35 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-36 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-37 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-38 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-24 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-25 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-27 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-67 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-73 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-74 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-52 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-53 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-54 when operating in the Mediterranean)

German Type U 63 submarine – 3 ships
- SM U-63 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-63 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-64 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-64 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-65 (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-65 when operating in the Mediterranean)

German Type UB III submarine – 20 ships
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-66 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-67 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-68 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-69 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-70 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-71 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- SM U-79 (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-48 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-49 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-50 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-51 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-52 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-53 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-105 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-128 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-129 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UB-133 planned but not completed)
- (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)
- (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)
- (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)
- (temporary Austrian number for German planned but not completed)

German Type UE I submarine Mine-layer Submarines – 2 ships
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-72 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM U-73 when operating in the Mediterranean)

U-101-class submarine Meant to replace U1-U6 and then adopt those numbers – 9 ships
- Ex-U-88 Laid down 1917 never completed
- Ex-U-89 Laid down 1918 never completed
- Ex-U-90 Laid down 1918 never completed
- Ex-U-91 never started
- Ex-U-92 never started
- Ex-U-93 never started
- never started
- never started
- never started

U-107-class submarine Laid down 1918 never completed, numbers planned up to U-141 – 4 ships
- Ex-U-94
- Ex-U-95
- Ex-U-96
- Ex-U-97

German Type UC III submarine – 2 ships
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-103 when operating in the Mediterranean)
- (temporary Austrian number for German SM UC-108 when operating in the Mediterranean)

River monitors[]

- (1871)
- SMS Leitha (1871)
- SMS Körös
- (1892)
Temes-class river monitor
- (1904)
Enns-class river monitor
- SMS Enns
Sava-class river monitor
- SMS Temes (II) (1915)
and (Planned 1917 but never laid down)

Gunboats[]

Paddle gunboats

(1859) – River Danube
– Lagoon
- (1860)
- (1860)
- (1860)
- (1860)

Screw gunboats

(1859) – River Danube
- (1860)
- (1860)
– Lagoon
- (1860)
- (1860)
- (1860)
– Lake Garda
- (1860)
- (1860)
- (1860)
- (1860)
- (1860)
- (1860)
- (1861)
- (1861)
- (1861)
- (1861)
- (1861)
- (1861)
- (1861)
- (1861)
- (1861)
- (1873)
- SMS Nautilus (1873)

River gunboats

(1915)
(1915)
(1918)

Minelayers[]

SMS Basilisk

Armed Merchants[]

Cruising Steamers

Submarine hunters

Patrol ships

Gunboats

Ex-Trieste
Ex-San Marco Di Rosandra
Ex-Epulo
Ex-San Guisto

Auxiliary ships[]

Colliers and Oilers

- SMS Teodo
ex-Etelka
unnamed oiler
ex-Corsinia
ex-Izvor
ex-Amphitrite
ex-Fiume
ex-Austria
Changed to depot ship

Water Carriers

Salvage ships

Tugs

Rescue tug
Rescue tug

Sea rescue vessel

Submarine depot ships

SMS Gäa

Destroyer depot ships

ex-Gastein (also served as armed troopship)

Mine depot ships

Ex-Carniolia
Ex-Urano

Ammunition ships

Ex-Goritia
Ex-Bucovina
Ex-Styria
Ex-Baron Call

Cargo ships

Ex-Kephallonia
Ex-Hrvat
Ex-Zichy
Ex-Fram

Troop ships

Hospital ships

Ex-Afria

Repair Ships

SMS Vulcan Ex-Prinz Eugen 1877

Accommodation Ships

(doubled as Hospital Ship)

References[]

^ ^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.

[:0-1] 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.

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