| Austro-Hungarian "Tegetthoff" Class |
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Battleships |
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The Tegetthoff class battleships (Tegetthoff, Viribus
Unitis, Prinz Eugen  and Szent István)
were the fist (and only) completed dreadnoughts of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the
answer to the Italian Dante Alighieri.
They also were the first dreadnoughts with triple turrets. |
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| The first ships Viribus
Unitis and Tegetthoff
were laid down 1909, ordered by Admiral Montecuccoli. The innner construction was similar
to the British ships of this era. During WW I these ships formed the first battleship division
of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. |
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| Technical Data | ||
| Built: Displacement: Dimensions: Propulsion: Max. Speed: Range: Crew: |
1909-1912 19,698 / 21,254 ts 160 × 27.3 × 8.2 m 27,383 shp; 4 Parsons turbines; 12 Yarrow boilers (oil and coal); 4 shafts 20 kts 2,600 nm @ ? kts 988 |
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| Tactical Data | ||
| Main: Secondary: QF: Armour: Torpedoes: Searchlights: |
12×305 cal 45 [4x3] 12×150 cal 50 18×70 cal 50 belt: 150..280; deck: 30..48; turrets: 150..280 4x533 (bow, stern, sides) ? |
| Viribus Unitis - being the flagship of the Austria-Hungarian Navy she transferred the remains of the successor to the throne back to Austria in 1914. On 7 August 1915 the 1st and 2nd battleship squadron sortied to support the German Mediterranean Squadron (Goeben and Breslau) on their way to Pola. She was sunk by limpet mines at Pola harbour on November 1st 1918. | |||
Szent István The
machinery was different to the other ships of this class  . In
June 1918 the battleships should support a cruisers task force on their attack to the
Otranto Barrier. During this mission the Szent István was
torpedoed by Italian MTB and sunk 7 sm off Premuda. |
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| Tegetthoff - Post war ceded to the Italian Navy and scrapped 1924/25 at La Spezia. | |||
| Prinz Eugen - used as target ships by the French Navy at Toulon and sunk on 22 June 1922. | |||
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