Personnel

The number of all ranks in the Austrian Navy, including reserves, isl0,841. The officers of the Austrian Navy are distributed as follows: 1 admiral, 2 vice-admirals, 17 captains, 27 commanders, 37 lieutenant-commanders, 200 lieutenants, 191 sub-lieutenants, and 180 midshipmen.

Materiel

The strength in ships built, building, and projected on Nov. 30th, 1903, was: -

Built.

Battleships, 3rd class

5

Coast defence ships

3

River monitors

4

Armored Cruisers

1

Protected cruisers, 2nd class

2

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4

Torpedo vessles

15

Torpedo boats

37

Building.

Battleships, 1st class

4

Monitors

2

Armored cruisers

1

Torpedo vessels

5

Dockyard

The principal Government dockyard of Austria-Hungary is situated at Pola. There are three small docks there.

* These two vessels are the Bernadino Rivadavia and the Mariano Moreno, which were built in Italy, and were sold (Dec. 31st, 1903) to the Japanese Government.