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? | | | + | SMS ''Viribus Unitis'' was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship, the first of the ''Tegetthoff'' class. "Viribus Unitis", meaning "With United Forces", was the personal motto of Emperor Franz Joseph I.<br /> |
| | + | ''Viribus Unitis'' was ordered by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1908 and was laid down in Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste on 24 July 1910. ''Viribus Unitis'' was launched from the shipyard on 24 June 1911 and was formally commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 5 December 1912. <br /> |
| | + | During World War I, ''Viribus Unitis'' took part in the flight of the German warships SMS ''Goeben'' and ''Breslau''. In May 1915, she also took part in the bombardment of the Italian port city of Ancona. ''Viribus Unitis'' was sunk by a limpet mine planted by Raffaele Rossetti, an Italian engineer and military naval officer of the Regia Marina on 1 November 1918. |
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? | | | + | File:SMS Viribus Unitis2.jpg|SMS ''Viribus Unitis'' during the 1910s |
| | + | File:Viribus Unitis Line Drawing.jpg|A line drawing of ''Viribus Unitis'', lead ship of the ''Tegetthoff'' class |
| | + | File:HGM Modell Viribus Unitis.jpg|Model of ''Viribus Unitis'' in the Museum of Military History, Vienna |
| | + | File:SMS Viribus Unitis3.jpg|''Viribus Unitis'' in 1914 |
| | + | File:Viribus unitis sunk.jpg|''Jugoslavija'', the former ''Viribus Unitis'', sinking |
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Viribus Unitis — European special premium Tier V battleship.
The naval race between Italy and Austria-Hungary that had dragged on from the middle of the 19th century peaked before World War I. In response to the construction of the Radezky-class ironclads, Italy began building the Dante Alighieri dreadnought, which was superior to all Austrian ships. This required a symmetrical response. Among the presented preliminary projects, the most promising was a variant with 12 main battery guns housed in four triple-gun turrets. In 1910, the first battleship of a new type, Viribus Unitis, was laid down. Entering service in 1912, she became the flagship of the navy and the strongest battleship in the Mediterranean waters. At the very end of the war, on November 1, 1918, Viribus Unitis, already preparing to be transferred to the Navy of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, was sunk by Italy.