Avusturya-Macaristan Donanması (*Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine*, k.u.k. Kriegsmarine olarak kısaltılır) için 1900'lerin başından 1917 yılına kadar bir dizi zırhlı savaş gemisi üretildi. Avusturya-Macaristan İmparatorluğu, daha önce savaş zamanında Adriyatik kıyısını korumak için küçük gemiler olan ironclad, sahil güvenlik gemileri ve zırhlı kruvazörlere sahipti.

Amiral Hermann von Spaun'un Franz Joseph'in emriyle 1897 yılında Devlet Donanma Sekreterliğine atanmasıyla gemi yapımı hızlandırıldı. 20. yüzyılın başında k.u.k. Kriegsmarine donanmanın genişlemesi için bir program başlattı. Donanma acilen ön-dretnot üç adet sayılan Habsburg sınıfı zırhlısının, kısa süre sonra da üç adet Erzherzog Karl sınıfı zırhlısının acilen inşa edilmesi için istekte bulundu.

*Habsburg* sınıfı
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Ana madde: Habsburg sınıfı zırhlılar
SMS *Habsburg* 1901 yılında Yukarı Adriyatik'te tatbikattayken
Habsburg sınıfı zırhlılar Avusturya-Macaristan tarafından 1899 ve 1902 yılları arasında üretilmiş ilk ön-dretnot sınıfıydı. Bu zırhlıların üretimi Avusturya-Macaristan'ın denizde açılım programının başlangıcı oldu. Habsburg sınıfı ayrıca 24 yıl önce 1876'da üretilmiş *Tegetthoff* 'dan sonra Avusturya-Macaristan'ın ürettiği açık denize uygun ilk savaş gemileriydi. Habsburg sınıfı *Habsburg*, *Árpád* ve *Babenberg* olmak üzere üç gemiden oluşmaktaydı.
The *Habsburg*-class battleships were the first class of pre-dreadnought battleships to be built by Austria-Hungary between 1899 and 1902. The construction of the *Habsburg*-class battleships marked the beginning of the naval expansion program by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The *Habsburg*-class was also the first class of sea-going battleships the Austrio-Hungarian Navy built since the construction of the ship *Tegetthoff* 24 years earlier in 1876. The class was composed of three ships: *Habsburg*, *Árpád*, and *Babenberg*.

The members of the *Habsburg*-class were built in the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyards in Trieste. The lead ship of the class, *Habsburg*, was launched on 9 September 1900. *Árpád* followed a year later, with her launching on 11 September 1901. The last ship of the class was the *Babenberg*, launched on 4 October 1902. The first two ships, *Habsburg* and *Árpád*, were modernized either in 1910 and 1911 respectively, or in 1911 and 1912, by having one deck of the superstructure removed. At the outbreak of World War I in late July 1914, *Habsburg* was serving as the flagship of the III Battleship Division of the Austro-Hungarian fleet, under the command of Captain Miklós Horthy, alongside her two sisters. They were later transferred to the IV Division after the new *Tegetthoff* sınıfı battleships came into service. All three battleships saw a limited service during World War I as members of the IV Division of the Austro-Hungarian fleet. While both *Babenberg* and *Árpád* participated in the bombardment of the Italian port city of Ancona in 1915, the class was largely inactive for the remainder of the war, serving as coastal defense ships. All three were decommissioned in 1916 in order to allow their crews to serve in the Austro-Hungarian air force and as crew members of Austro-Hungarian U-boats. Following the end of World War I, all of the *Habsburg*-class battleships were handed over to Great Britain. They were then sold to Italy and broken up in 1921.

| Gemi | Ana silahlar | Mimahreç | İtiş gücü | Hizmet |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Laid down | Suya indirilme | Görevlendirilme | Kaderi |
| SMS *Habsburg* | 3 × 24 cm (9,4 in) | 8.232 t (8.102 emperyal ton) | Two cylinder, vertical triple expansion steam engines, 19,62 kn (36,34 km/sa; 22,58 mph) | 13 March 1899 | 9 September 1900 | 31 December 1902 | Scrapped in 1921 in Italy |
| SMS *Árpád* | Two cylinder, vertical triple expansion steam engines, 19,65 kn (36,39 km/sa; 22,61 mph) | 10 June 1899 | 11 September 1901 | 15 June 1903 | Scrapped in 1921 in Italy |
| SMS *Babenberg* | Two cylinder, vertical triple expansion steam engines, 19,85 kn (36,76 km/sa; 22,84 mph) | 19 January 1901 | 4 October 1902 | 15 April 1904 | Scrapped in 1921 in Italy |
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1. ↑  These included (among others) the *Monarch* sınıfı battleships, SMS *Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf* and SMS *Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie* (all only battleships in name and really coastal defense ships), and the armored cruisers SMS *Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia*, SMS *Kaiser Karl VI* and the SMS *Sankt Georg*.
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  Gardiner, Chesneau, and Kolesnik p. 272
3. 1 2 3 4 5  Hore p. 91
4. 1 2 3 4  Gardiner and Grey p. 333
5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Greger p. 21
6. ↑  Tucker p. 560
7. 1 2 3 4 5  Gardiner and Grey p. 330