According
to a tiding Budapest 30 January announced the Austrian minister of navy count
Montecucucoli in the Hungarian parliament that the Austrian-Hungarian navy
would possessed in 1915 10 battleships, 9 cruisers, 18 destroyers, 48 torpedo
boats and 12 submarines. The figures for 1920 would be 16, 12. 24, 72 and 12!
The edition dated 25 January reported that an additional budget of 55.000.000
crones was allowed necessary for the building of dreadnoughts, 3 cruisers, 12
torpedo boats and 6 submarines. The total building costs for these ships was
312.000.000 crones to spend over a period of 6 years.
Note
1.
Admiral Rudolf Graf von Montecuccoli degli Erri (Modena 22 February
1843-Bden-bei-Wien 16 May 1922) commander of the Austrian-Hungarian navy
between October 1804-February 1913 compared with his German opponent Tirpitz
while building a powerful navy.
