Tegetthoff and Prinz Eugen were surrendered to Italy and France, respectively. The Tegetthoff class (sometimes erroneously named the Viribus Unitis class) was the sole. The Ersatz Monarch class a (also informally known as the Improved Tegetthoff class) was a class of four dreadnought battleships which were intended to be built between 19 for the Austro-Hungarian Navy (kaiserliche und kСâ nigliche Kriegsmarine). In 1918, Viribus Unitis was transferred to Yugoslavia, and sunk early in the morning the next day by Italian frogmen. SMS Tegetthoff class dreadnought battleships. The Tegetthoffs attempted to sortie through the Otranto Barrage with the support of lighter ships in 1918, but failed after Szent István was by chance sunk by a small motor torpedo-boat. Later in the war, any bigger naval operation in the Adriatic was impossible due to enemy mines and submarines. Click to enlarge The four ships were in strategic reserve, and were leaving Pula only during target practice. The first three ships, Viribus Unitis, Tegetthoff, and Prinz Eugen were joined by their sister in 1915, when they bombarded Italian installations at Ancona. A general layout of Tegetthoff class battleships. The smaller size of the shipyards in Fiume meant that Szent István was built three years after her sisters, with slightly different characteristics. Three of the four were built in Trieste Szent István was built in Fiume, so that both parts of the Dual Monarchy would participate in the construction of the ships. Four ships were built, Viribus Unitis, Tegetthoff, Prinz Eugen, and Szent István.
The Tegetthoff class (sometimes erroneously named the Viribus Unitis class) was the sole class of dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
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