Tegetthoff-class battleship
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The Tegetthoff class was a class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Named for Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, the class was composed of SMS Viribus Unitis, S
Viribus Unitis at anchor in 1914
A line drawing of Viribus Unitis, lead ship of the Tegetthoff class
The assembly of the first gun turret for Viribus Unitis at the Škoda Works in Pilsen
Bombarding of Ancona by August von Ramberg, depicting Austro-Hungarian battleships shelling the Italian coastline in May 1915
The Ersatz Monarch class was a class of four dreadnought battleships which were intended to be built between 1914 and 1919 for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Design work on a class of battleships to succe
Tegetthoff-class battleship
…ships were capable of far more than coastal defense or patrolling the Adriatic Sea. The Tegetthoffs were so well received that when the time came to plan for the replacement of Austria-Hungary's old Monarch-class coastal defense ships, the navy elected to simply take the layout of the Tegetthoff class and enlarge them to…
Austro-Hungarian fleet maneuvers in 1914
The Monarch-class coastal defense ship Wien in 1898