The dreadnought era Austro-Hungarian Navy
dreadnought sms tegetthoff, named after admiral von tegetthoff
austria-hungary s naval architects, aware of inevitable dominance of big gun dreadnought type designs, presented case marinesektion des reichskriegsministeriums (naval section @ war ministry) in vienna, on 5 october 1908 ordered construction of own dreadnought, first contract being awarded werft das stabilimento tecnico triestino (stt) , naval weaponry provided Škoda works in pilsen. marine budget 1910 substantially enlarged permit major refits of existing fleet , more dreadnoughts. battleships sms tegetthoff , sms viribus unitis both launched archduke franz ferdinand @ trieste, amongst great rejoicing, on 24 june 1911, , 21 march 1912 respectively. followed sms prinz eugen, , sms szent istván. these battleships, constructed later many of earlier british , german dreadnoughts, considerably ahead in aspects of design, of both french , italian navies, , constructed marconi wireless rooms anti-aircraft armaments. has been claimed first battleships in world equipped torpedo launchers built bows.
between 22 , 28 may 1914 tegetthoff, accompanied viribus unitis, made courtesy visit british mediterranean fleet in malta.
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