1918 K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla SMS "BOSNA" (SMS TEMES II) monitor Odesszában / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Flotilla river guard monitor SMS BOSNA (SMS TEMES II) anchored Odessa, Russia (today Odesa, Ukraine) A very rare photograph of the Black Sea Flotilla soon after its arrival in Russia. photo (vágott / cut)
K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Matrosen Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla SMS "SAVA" monitor matrózai a hajó előtt a szárazföldön / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Flotilla river guard monitor SMS SAVA in front of the ship on land. photo (fl)
1916 Die Beschießung Belgrads durch den k.u.k. Donaumonitor Körös. Offizielle Postkarte des Österreichischen Flottenvereines zu Gunsten des Kriegsfürsorgeamtes, des Kriegshilfsbüros und des Roten Kreuzes. K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Donauflottille / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy art postcard, Danube Fleet river guard monitor SMS KÖRÖS shelling Belgrade during the first days of the war s: Harry Heusser (r)
1918 Hafen Odessa. K.u.K. Kriegsmarine / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Fekete-tengeri különítmény, SMS ORTA elkobzott orosz őrhajó osztrák-magyar katonákkal Odesszában / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy, captured SMS ORTA, Russian watch ship with K.u.K. soldiers on board in Odesa. photo (EK)
1918 ""Bolschewiken Unterseeboot" in Reni. Russische Festung durch Monitor "Temes" beschlagnahmt" K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla SMS "TEMES II" (SMS BOSNA) monitor a zsákmányolt orosz SM U-No. 3 tengeralattjáróval az SMS SÁMSON felfegyverzett gőzös mellett kikötve. Reni, Ukrajna (Fekete-tengeri különítmény) / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Flotilla river guard monitor SMS TEMES II (SMS BOSNA) in Reni, Ukraine. Captrued Russian Submarine U-No.3 moored next to the auxiliary river gunboat SMS SAMSON; a river monitor, mistakenly identified as SMS TEMES, is visible in the background. In all likelihood, the monitor is SMS BOSNA (which for a time was known as SMS TEMES II) photo (kopott sarkak / worn corners)
1917 Prosit Neujahr! K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Matrose Donauflottille / "A Temesünk kis bolondja" Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla SMS "TEMES II" (SMS BOSNA) monitor matróza Újévkor pezsgővel és malaccal / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Flotilla river guard monitor SMS TEMES II (SMS BOSNA). A happy sailor toasts the New Year 1917 from the crows' nest ofSMS TEMES II, all set for the festivities with a bottle of champagne in his right hand and a piglet under his left arm, near Turnu Severin, Romania. The monitor has to be SMS BOSNA, which between July 9, 1915, and May 9, 1917, was known as SMS TEMES II, pending the reconstruction of the latter monitor. photo (gyűrődés / crease)
1917 K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla Fekete-tengeri különítménye SMS "TEMES II" (SMS BOSNA) monitor Belenében (Bulgária) / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Flotilla river guard monitor SMS TEMES II (SMS BOSNA) in Belene, Bulgaria. A sailor, a rifle slung on his shoulder stands on the starboard side of the monitor looking across the Danube; another, atop the bridge, looks landward. The writing also states that the date was 1916. If so, this has to be SMS Bosna, then known as SMS Temes (II), since SMS Temes (I) was not recommissioned until the spring of 1917. photo (EM)
1916 K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla SMS "TEMES II" (SMS BOSNA) monitor Ruszcsuknál (Rusze, Rustschuk) / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Flotilla river guard monitor SMS TEMES II (SMS BOSNA) Starboard side of SMS TEMES II under the cliffs at Ruse (Russe), Bulgaria, in 1916. The port is busy with military traffic and several vessels can be seen in the background. photo (13,8 cm x 5,9 cm) (kopott sarkak / worn corners)
1916 K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Matrosen Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla SMS "INN" monitor fedélzete, matrózok tífusz elleni oltása / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Flotilla river guard monitor SMS INN, mariners getting vaccinated against typhoid fever on the deck. photo + "K.U.K. KRIEGSMARINE SM SCHIFF INN" (fl)
1916 K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Matrosen Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla SMS "INN" monitor fedélzete matrózokkal / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Flotilla river guard monitor SMS INN, mariners on board in front of the forward twin 12-cm gun turret. photo + "K.U.K. KRIEGSMARINE SM SCHIFF INN" (vágott / cut)
K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla "Temes"monitor, matrózok a fedélzeten / Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Fleet river guard monitor SMS TEMES mariners on board, her crew lined up on the aft deck. photo (EM)
K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Donauflottille / Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet Dunaflottilla "BODROG" monitor fedélzete matrózzal a lövegtorony mellett / WWI Austro-Hungarian Navy Danube Fleet river guard monitor SMS BODROG, mariner on board stands next to the open sliding door of SMS BODROG's forward portside 4.7-inch (12-cm) gun turret, affording a good look at the gun's breech. photo (EM)