The Situation of the Hungarian Warship in World War I

Abstract

At the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century owing to the effect of several remarkable leaders the Imperial and Royal Navy became the eighth strongest navy in the world, on the contrary, that the territories of AustroHungarian Monarchy was basicly a landlocked authority. In 1914 WWI began with the offensive against Serbia. The numerous developments of military technics provided the unrepeateable success of the battle fleet which met the standards of its age. Though Danube Fleet reached several outstanding winnings and successes, the Monarchy did not outcome from WWI as winner. The author wants to provide a short summarisation for the readers about the courage and ingenuity of Hungarian wartime naval servicemen.