The Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla was a section of the navy of Austria-Hungary established after the Austro-Prussian War.[1] It consisted of 9 gunboats (valued at 17.5 million golden crowns), 8 armoured patrol boats (valued at 9 million golden crowns) and 55 other miscellaneous boats (valued at 4.5 million golden crowns), with a combined total manpower of 1000 soldiers.[2] The flotilla fired the first shots of the First World War during the night of July 28 to 29, 1914 (only a few hours after the Declaration of War had been transmitted)[3] and continued to participate in the war on the Eastern Front between 1914 and 1918 until Austria-Hungary's collapse. The Trianon Treaty of 1920 divided the ships of the flotilla between Austria and Hungary.[4]
| Danube Flotilla | |
|---|---|
,_Monitore_der_k.u.k._Flotte_ankern_vor_einer_Pontonbr%C3%BCcke,_die_Ruse_mit_Giurgiu_verbindet,_aufgenommen_am_12.12.1916_(BildID_15544860).jpg) Austro-Hungarian monitors at Rustschuk in 1916 | |
| Active | c. 1870-1918 |
| Country | Austria-Hungary |
| Branch | Austro-Hungarian Navy |
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editReferences
edit- ^ "A-H Danube Flotilla". www.gwpda.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Imperial Austrian-Hungarian Danube Flotilla". Feldgrau. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "A-H Danube Flotilla". www.gwpda.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Imperial Austrian-Hungarian Danube Flotilla". Feldgrau. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-07-20.