List of Austro-Hungarian submarines (1909–1919)

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U 5 and U 12 on an Austrian medal from the War Welfare Office in 1915

This page only lists submarines of the Austro-Hungarian Navy , which were built before and during the First World War up to 1919.

Legend

  • † = destroyed by enemy action
  • ? = missing in action
  • § = raised, captured or captured by the enemy
  • × = accident or sunk yourself
  • A = Decommissioned (scrapped, scrapped or put to another use)

At the beginning of the First World War, the submarines of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were numbered consecutively with Roman numerals, during the war the "U" was added. Later on, Arabic numerals were used instead of Roman numerals.

ship class Commissioning Decommissioning comment
U 1 1911 § 1919 In Pola interned, delivered to Italy and scrapped
U 2 1910 § 1919 Interned in Pola, extradited to Italy and broken up
U 3 1909 † August 13, 1915 Sunk near Montenegro by the French destroyer Bisson
U 4 1909 § 1919 In Fiume interned, delivered to Italy and scrapped
U 5 1910 § 1919 Interned and broken up in Venice
U 6 1910 † May 13, 1916 Got caught in a net and was sunk
U 10 1915 A July 9, 1918 Incapacitated by mine
U 11 1915 § 1919 Interned in Pola, extradited to Italy and broken up
U 12 1910 † August 8, 1915 Detonation of a mine near Venice
U 14 Brumaire March 1915 § 1918 Originally the French submarine Curie , it was returned to France at the end of the war
U 15 1915 § 1919 Interned in Pola, extradited to Italy and broken up
U 16 1915 † October 17, 1916 Sunk when the Italian destroyer Nembo was torpedoed by its exploding depth charges
U 17 1915 § 1919 Interned in Pola, extradited to Italy and broken up
U 20 October 20, 1917 † July 6, 1918 Torpedoed and sunk by an Italian submarine. Lifted in 1962, today exhibited in the Army History Museum
U 21 August 1916 § 1919 Interned and broken up in Venice
U 22 January 1917 § 1919 Interned in Kotor, extradited to France and broken up
U 23 October 1916 † February 21, 1918 Sunk by the Italian torpedo boat Airone
U 27 UB II November 1916 § 1919 Interned in Pola, extradited to Italy and broken up
U 28 UB II 1916 § 1919 Interned and broken up in Venice
U 29 UB II November 1916 x 1919 Interned in Kotor, sunk on transfer to France
U 30 UB II January 1917 ? April 1917 Lost between the Adriatic and the Mediterranean
U 31 UB II March 1917 § 1919 Interned in Kotor, extradited to France and broken up
U 32 UB II April 1917 § 1919 Interned in Pola, extradited to Italy and broken up
U 40 UB II May 1917 § 1919 Interned and broken up in Venice
U 41 May 1917 * § 1919 Interned in Kotor, extradited to France and broken up
U 43 UB II August 1917 § 1919 Former German UB 43 , interned in Kotor, delivered to France and broken up
U 47 UB II August 1917 § 1919 Former German UB 47 , interned in Kotor, extradited to France and broken up

* According to the report published on August 14, 1930, data on submarines of the former k. and k. Navy was U 41 made in May 1917 in service. This seems unlikely; it was probably not put into service until early 1918.

At the time of the armistice, U 48 to U 53 and U 101 to U 106 were still under construction.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Preston, Antony: Submarine Warfare, London 1998, p. 34

See also