The Central Powers in the Adriatic, 1914-1918: War in a Narrow Sea

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Write a review Rate this item: Preview this item Preview this item. The central powers in the Adriatic, Charles W Koburger Publisher: English View all editions and formats Summary: Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Central powers in the Adriatic, Document, Internet resource Document Type: Considered a relatively secondary part of the naval warfare of World War I, it nonetheless tied down significant forces.

The Adriatic campaign was also important because for the first time two new weapons were used successfully in warfare, viz. On 6 August an Anglo-French naval agreement was signed, giving France leadership of naval operations in the Mediterranean. The remaining British Mediterranean forces - one armored cruiser , four light cruisers , and 16 destroyers - were placed under the control of the French Mediterranean Fleet , and bases at both Gibraltar and Malta were opened to the French.

He had orders to sail with all available French and British ships, pass into the Adriatic Sea, and undertake whatever operations he thought best against Austrian ports. Two French squadrons of pre-dreadnoughts , two squadrons of cruisers, and five destroyer squadrons were held back in support.

The British support group comprised two armored cruisers and three destroyer divisions. Throughout most of late August most of the action was simple bombardment of Serbian and Montenegrin troops by Austrian ships. Meanwhile, a French squadron shelled Austrian troops on Prevlaka. The French and Montenegrin forces attempted to cause havoc also at Cattaro in September, October and November , and the KuK navy was called in there also, resulting in a decisive defeat for the Allies.

Both the French and the Austrians spent much of this time laying extensive minefields throughout the shallow waters of the Adriatic. Mostly this was done by destroyers, and at night. Several steamships ran afoul of these mines and either sunk or were damaged. On 7 August, an Austro-Hungarian Fleet—consisting of six battleships, two cruisers, and 19 destroyers and torpedo boats—sortied from Pola to escort Goeben and Breslau through Austro-Hungarian territorial waters, returned to port following day without ever making contact.

By 10 August, both German warships were safely in the Dardanelles and heading for Turkey. Later that month, the French submarine Curie raided the harbor barrage of Pola to wait for her chance to intrude.


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Two days later, on 20 December, during an attempt to sneak into the harbor she got entangled in an anti-submarine net and could not free herself. The Austrians raised the wreck between December and February It was then repaired and commissioned as U in June The battleship had to withdraw to Malta for extensive repairs.

In February, the French destroyer Dague —while escorting the transport Whitehead to Bar—was sunk after hitting a mine. Also that month, the Austrian submarine U was unsuccessfully attacked off Cape Mendra by a French submarine. In April, the Austrian U-5 —commanded by Lt. Georg Ritter von Trapp —chased the French armored cruiser Victor Hugo off Paxos , but was unable to fire any torpedoes. Only French sailors survived.

When Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary on 23 May, the Austrian fleet was quick to act, launching several attacks on the Marche region of Italy. The fleet bombarded several cities and other targets in and around the Province of Ancona , especially damaging the port town of Ancona itself. The torpedo boat Tb 3 was unsuccessfully bombed by an Italian airship.

Finally, Austro-Hungarian flying boats dropped bombs on Venice and airship hangars at Chiaravalle. In response, on 5 June, four different Allied task forces attacked the Austrian coast. The next day, they shelled Rimini and Fano , destroying the Italian signal station there.

The summer of was a successful time for Austrian submarines as well: But this was not without losses. And the British armed trawler Schiehallion was sunk by a mine. While the Italian scout cruiser Marsala shelled Gravosa station on 18 July, the scout cruiser Quarto and three Italian destroyers attacked the Austrian installation at Guiparra. The landing was repulsed by the Italian garrison, that had arrived in the island on July On August 17 the light cruisers "Helgoland", "Saida" and several destroyers bombarded the island again.

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The water reservoir was severely damaged and the next day the Italians began the evacuation. On 17 August, one of the cruisers was unsuccessfully torpedoed by an Italian submarine on return journey. Over were killed. They sank an Italian picket boat, three steamships loaded with ammunition and two armed schooners en route to Northern Albania.