SMS Tegetthoff (1878)

Tegetthoff in her original configuration
Class overview
Preceded by	Kaiser Max class
Succeeded by	Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf
History
Austria-Hungary
Name	SMS Tegetthoff
Namesake	Wilhelm von Tegetthoff
Builder	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
Laid down	1 April 1876
Launched	15 October 1878
Completed	1881
Commissioned	September 1882
Renamed	Mars, 1912
Reclassified	Harbor guard ship, 1906
Stricken	1906
Fate	Broken up in Italy, 1920
General characteristics
Type	Central-battery ironclad
Displacement	7,390 long tons (7,510 t)
Length	92.4 m (303 ft 2 in)
Beam	19.1 m (62 ft 8 in)
Draft	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Installed power	6,706 ihp (5,001 kW) 8 × Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion	1 × compound steam engine 1 × screw propeller
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	525
Armament	6 × 280 mm (11 in) Krupp breech-loading guns 6 × 89 mm (3.5 in) guns 2 × 70 mm (2.8 in) guns 9 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
Armor	Waterline belt: 230–356 mm (9–14 in) Battery: 127–305 mm (5–12 in) Bulkheads: 254–300 mm (10.0–11.8 in) Decks: 76 mm (3 in) Conning tower: 178 mm (7 in)

SMS Tegetthoff was an ironclad warship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She was built by the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste, between April 1876 and October 1881. She was armed with a main battery of six 28 cm (11 in) guns mounted in a central-battery. The ship had a limited career, and did not see action. In 1897, she was reduced to a guard ship in Pola, and in 1912 she was renamed Mars. She served as a training ship after 1917, and after the end of World War I, she was surrendered as a war prize to Italy, which sold her for scrapping in 1920.