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SMS Tegetthoff
Career K.u.k. Kriegsmarine Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down: 24 September 1910
Launched: 21 March 1912
Commissioned: 14 July 1913
Fate: Broken up
General Characteristics
Displacement: 20,000t standard
Length: 152m
Beam: 27.9m
Draught: 8.7m
Propulsion: 12 Yarrow fitted with 4 Parsons steam turbines, totalling 27000hp on 4 shafts
Speed: 20.4kts
Range: 4,200nm at 10kts
Complement: 1087
Armament: 12 x 12" (305 mm) guns in triple turrets
12 x 5.9" guns in single casemates
18 x 11 pdr guns in single mountings
4 x 21" torpedo tubes
Armor: 11 inch belt, barbettes, turrets and conning tower; 1.4 inch deck
SMS Tegetthoff was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship, named after Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, 19th century Austrian admiral.

Tegetthoff was built at Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino yard, Trieste. After the First World War she was handed over to Italy, who had her broken up several years later.

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Tegetthoff class
Viribus Unitis | Tegetthoff | Prinz Eugen | Szent István

List of ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy

 


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