Otherwise known as the "Ersatz Monarch" class, this design was the result of the work that began following the instruction on the 3rd June 1911 for work on the next generation of Dreadnoughts.ĭespite the final design being ready by July 1913, the Hungarian authorities would not allow construction to begin on credit, stating that the only legal way to do it would be to wait for the 1914-1915 Naval Budget.Īs a result the ships were not ordered until the 28th June 1914, with Battleships VIII and X being ordered from STT and Battleships IX and XI being ordered from Danubius, Fiume. As the name suggests this Austro-Hungarian design was an improved version of the previous Tegetthoff class (below)
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