Austro-Hungarian tender mine layers under construction on 31 October 1918

A number of 14 tenders with a displacement of 130 tons were under construction at Portorè with the machinery manufactured at Budapest. Progress of construction

Hulls of  3 units 76-79% and of 11 units 37-73% completed, the machinery 70-90%. Value of the completed vessels regarded the contract 7.872,000 crowns and already paid 4.557,000 crowns. Italy seized 3 tenders and 11 by the Government of the SHS State.(1,2)

Another two with a displacement of 50 tons were under construction at Portorè with the machinery manufactured at Budapest. Progress of construction hulls 27% and machinery 66%. Value of the completed vessels regarded the contract 506,000 crowns and already paid 228.000 crowns. Seized by the Government of the SHS State.

And one  with a displacement of 250 tons under construction at Portorè with the machinery manufactured at Budapest. Progress of construction hull 50% and machinery 84%. Value of the completed vessel regarded the contract 910.650 crowns and already paid 410.000 crowns. Fate?

Notes

1. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was formed on 1 December 1918 with merging the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (officially proclaimed on 29 October 1918) with the formerly independent Kingdom of Serbia. The latter kingdom was since 28 November 1918 united with the Kingdom of Montenegro. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was until 3 October 1929 officially titled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. 

2. The Marjan-class of 128-30 tons displacement. Italian units became the minesweepers RD 58-60 and the completed Yugoslavian units Marjan, Mosor, Malinska, Meljine and Mljet.

Sources

The Hungarian peace negotiations. An account of the work of the Hungarian peace delegation at Neuilly s/S from January to March, 1920, vol II. Published by the Royal Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest, 1922.

Zvonimir Freivogel. Warships of the Royal Yugoslavian Navy 1918-1945