Why was the Austro-Hungarian Uboat fleet scrapped?

komi · 01-02-18, 09:04 AM

Looking through a list of surviving Austro-Hungarian Uboats at the time of the 1918 armistice it seems like they were all subsequently scrapped. I was just wondering why some of them weren't put on the international market as a potential cash source for whatever victorious Allied powers they were surrendered to, or handed over to a smaller ally of one of those powers?

From my sources I see there were a couple nations buying other peoples WW1-service subs around that era (e.g. Spain purchasing the Italian F22, F23, and F24 subs). Anybody know the reason behind the decision to scrap all surviving Austro-Hungarian Uboats?

01-02-18, 09:04 AM	#1
komi Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 46 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why was the Austro-Hungarian Uboat fleet scrapped? Looking through a list of surviving Austro-Hungarian Uboats at the time of the 1918 armistice it seems like they were all subsequently scrapped. I was just wondering why some of them weren't put on the international market as a potential cash source for whatever victorious Allied powers they were surrendered to, or handed over to a smaller ally of one of those powers? From my sources I see there were a couple nations buying other peoples WW1-service subs around that era (e.g. Spain purchasing the Italian F22, F23, and F24 subs). Anybody know the reason behind the decision to scrap all surviving Austro-Hungarian Uboats? Last edited by komi; 01-02-18 at 09:15 AM.