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Although CNT had secured fully complete plans from Weser, the Austro-Hungarian design modifications delayed the start of construction. Additional changes after construction had begun slowed the boats' progress. Compounding this were shortages of both material and skilled shipyard workers, further
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design called for six 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes—four bow tubes and two stern tubes—and carried a complement of nine torpedoes. The original design specified two 90 mm/35 (3.5 in)
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818 t (902 short tons) surfaced and 1,184 t (1,305 short tons) submerged. The boats were to be 240 feet 4 inches (73.25 m) long with a
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348:. With boats to fill that need either under construction or purchased from Germany, efforts were focused on building submarines for operation in the wider
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of 2,400 bhp (1,800 kW) (total) for surface running at up to 16.25 knots (30.10 km/h), and twin
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of 10 feet 10 inches (3.30 m). For propulsion, the design featured two shafts, with twin
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of 1,200 shp (890 kW) (total) for submerged travel at up to 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h). The
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359:(CNT) purchased plans for an 800-tonne (880-short-ton) submarine from the German firm
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367:. Austro-Hungarian Navy modifications to the plans resulted in a submarine that
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607:(reprinted and translated into English by Sieche). Retrieved 2 December 2008.
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focused its efforts on building a U-boat fleet for local defense within the
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or completed. Both incomplete submarines were scrapped after the war ended.
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slowing construction. As a result, neither of the first two boats was ever
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6 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern); 9 torpedoes
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was only 55% complete. Both boats were scrapped in place in 1920.
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in
September 1916. Only two of the planned four boats were
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2 × 90 mm/35 (3.5 in) or 120 mm/35 (4.7 in)
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375:of 21 feet 11 inches (6.68 m) and a
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Planned Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines during WWI
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655:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
487:, causing CNT to set up shop in the navy yard at
391:class boats were designed for a crew of 32 men.
423:, with the proviso that the boats be built in
340:, and over the first two years of the war the
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653:Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
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313:to begin construction of the submarines in
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543:
468:
289:Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine
223:16.25 knots (30.10 km/h) surfaced
204:, 2,400 bhp (1,800 kW) total
18:
603:Baumgartner and Sieche, as excerpted
309:in January 1916. The Navy authorized
7:
811:Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie
599:
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211:, 1,200 shp (890 kW) total
171:240 ft 4 in (73.25 m)
158:818 t (902 short tons) surfaced
838:Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia
187:10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
179:21 ft 11 in (6.68 m)
226:8.5 knots (16 km/h) submerged
14:
50:
1:
858:Monfalcone type large cruiser
630:: Verlagsbuchhandlung Stöhr.
761:Pre-dreadnought battleships
427:with final assembly at the
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804:Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf
500:The other four boats were
321:, but neither of them was
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413:Cantiere Navale Triestino
357:Cantiere Navale Triestino
311:Cantiere Navale Triestino
137:
35:Cantiere Navale Triestino
25:
21:
530:. See: Gardiner, p. 341.
483:had been overrun by the
352:, outside the Adriatic.
138:General characteristics
439:before the war's end.
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288:
904:Kaiser Franz Joseph I
795:Coastal defense ships
663:Naval Institute Press
342:Austro-Hungarian Navy
281:Austro-Hungarian Navy
58:Austro-Hungarian Navy
1287:Single ship of class
659:Annapolis, Maryland
411:In September 1916,
299:K.u.K. Kriegsmarine
895:Protected cruisers
1321:Submarine classes
1306:
1305:
672:978-0-87021-907-8
637:978-3-901208-25-6
591:Gardiner, p. 341.
577:Gardiner, p. 344.
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77:Succeeded by
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868:Torpedo cruisers
829:Armored cruisers
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279:planned for the
84:-class submarine
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153:Displacement
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1262:Auxiliaries
852:Sankt Georg
734:battleships
731:Dreadnought
338:World War I
303:World War I
64:Preceded by
1315:Categories
1027:Warasdiner
969:Destroyers
743:Tegetthoff
538:References
481:Monfalcone
273:submarines
233:Complement
192:Propulsion
1293:Cancelled
475:The main
449:laid down
401:deck guns
369:displaced
319:laid down
301:) during
251:deck guns
197:2 × shaft
147:submarine
130:Preserved
114:Cancelled
106:Completed
93:1916–1918
46:Operators
1299:Captured
1061:Schichau
1006:Satellit
784:Radetzky
770:Habsburg
681:12119866
646:43596931
445:launched
425:Budapest
361:AG Weser
346:Adriatic
323:launched
307:AG Weser
271:of four
241:Armament
122:Scrapped
31:Builders
1110:U-boats
999:Trabant
877:Panther
818:Monarch
523:of the
508:of the
277:U-boats
98:Planned
1089:Kaiman
1075:Natter
1020:Huszár
1013:Magnet
992:Planet
978:Meteor
938:Novara
679:
669:
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365:Bremen
329:Design
295:German
285:German
267:was a
168:Length
55:
1237:Temes
1230:Körös
1210:U-107
1203:U-101
1082:Cobra
1068:Viper
1034:Tátra
985:Blitz
911:Zenta
884:Tiger
528:class
513:class
463:Notes
377:draft
269:class
265:class
218:Speed
184:Draft
90:Built
1271:Pola
1251:Sava
1244:Enns
1196:U-52
1189:U-50
1182:U-48
1175:U-43
1168:U-27
1161:U-20
1154:U-14
1147:U-10
1100:250t
1095:110t
677:OCLC
667:ISBN
642:OCLC
632:ISBN
628:Wien
605:here
526:U-52
521:U-53
519:and
517:U-52
515:and
511:U-50
506:U-51
504:and
502:U-50
489:Pola
457:U-49
453:U-48
437:U-59
435:and
433:U-58
421:U-49
419:and
417:U-48
396:U-48
394:The
389:U-48
373:beam
315:Pola
263:U-48
260:The
207:2 ×
200:2 ×
176:Beam
143:Type
82:U-50
69:U-43
39:Pola
1140:U-7
1133:U-5
1126:U-3
1119:U-1
477:CNT
363:of
275:or
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