pula the naval base of the austro-hungarian navy
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Pula the naval base of the Austro-Hungarian NavyTRANSCRIPT
Pula/Pola – the main base of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (K.u.k. Kriegsmarine)
David Orlović
•First Austrian rule (1798-1805) after Napoleon’s takeover of Venice and the Peace of Campoformio
•Second Austrian rule (1813-1918)•Illyrian provinces of the French Empire (1805-1913)
Pula of the 1st half of the 19th century was a small, derelict town ravaged by malaria and other diseases, as well as constant emigration to other lands. Its minimum population amounted to 600. Most of the inhabitants were Italian speakers, former subjects of the Venetian republic.
Pula chosen as the main naval base of the monarchy
Hans Bitrich Dahlerup (1790-1873), then the main commander of the Austrian fleet based in Venice advised the government to move the base to Pula after the revolution in Italy in 1848.
•Geo-political considerations, the geography of the area and the relative proximity to Vienna were decisive.•1850 – fortifying of the area commences.•1856 – the cornerstone of the future Arsenal laid. Franz Joseph I. present at the ceremony.•Contemporary population: 1100. A steady inflow of new citizens follows the event.
Fortifications
The K.u.k. See Arsenal
Efficience of the base proved in the 1866 battle of Lissa
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827-1871)
Sinking of the Italian battleship Re d’Italia
Development of the navy - battleships
Monarch klasse 1895/6
Erzherzog Karl klasse 1903/5
Habsburg klasse 1900/2
Radetzky klasse 1908/10
Dreadnought battleships
Tegetthoff klasse (1911-14):
•Tegetthoff•Viribus Unitis•Prinz Eugen•Szent István
Development of the navy
Development of the city
1876 railway connection with Vienna
1871 hydrographical center1861 K. u. k. Marinespital in Pola
1904 tram line opened
Development of the city
1854 Politeama Ciscutti - theater
1903 Markthalle
1913 Marine Kasino
Italians
Croats
Germans
Slovenians
Other
Foreigners
1910 census : 58,560 inhabitants
Soldiers
Civilians
Newspapers
World War I
November 1918
State of the Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
Sinking of the Viribus Unitis Italians occupy on the 5th November
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