Wikiplacemarks.com  
 



Find us on Google+

SMS Szent István shipwreck

View on map:44.201940°N 14.451390°E

Description


SMS Szent István

SMS Szent István  was a Tegetthoff-class dreadnought of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the only one built in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. The Ganz & Company's Danubius Yard in Hungarian-owned Fiume (Rijeka) was awarded the contract to build the battleship in return for the Hungarian government agreeing to the 1910 and 1911 naval budgets. She was named after Hungary's first Christian king, Saint Stephen (Hungarian: Szent István). She, and her sister ships, were regarded as very compact and powerful ships and were the first dreadnoughts in service with triple main-gun turrets.[1]

References

All text is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Average user rating: Not rated

Click on a star to rate
 

Do you have a form that you would like to turn into an application?

Please share your ideas with us.

Contact us...