Austro-Hungarian_Danube_Flotilla

Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla

Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla

Military unit

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]

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  1. [1]
    "A-H Danube Flotilla". www.gwpda.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  2. [2]
    "Imperial Austrian-Hungarian Danube Flotilla". Feldgrau. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. [3]
    "A-H Danube Flotilla". www.gwpda.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  4. [4]
    "Imperial Austrian-Hungarian Danube Flotilla". Feldgrau. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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