The class was named after Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, National hero after the battle of Lissa.įour ships were built, completed just when the war started or soon after. They succeeded to the Radetzky, arguably ones of the finest pre-dreadnoughts ever built, laid down and started without approval of the parliament. In 1908, the Admiralty was aware of its backwardness on foreign navies, all of which had followed Great Britain in the race towards all-big guns fast battleships of the next generation.
The Tegetthof was also by far the most impressive and the most famous battleship class of the small Austro-Hungarian Navy. Tegetthoff, Viribus Unitis, Prinz Eugen, Szent Istvan (1911)įirst Dreadnoughts and last Austro-Hungarian battleships: SMS Tegetthoff at anchor
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