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Danube Flotilla
Austro-Hungarian monitors at Rustschuk in 1916
Activec. 1870-1918
CountryAustria-Hungary
BranchAustro-Hungarian Navy
Military unit

The Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla was a section of the navy of Austria-Hungary established after the Austro-Prussian War. 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. 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) 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.

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References

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