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Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (23 December 1827 – 7 April 1871) was an Austrian admiral. He commanded the fleet of the North Sea during the Second Schleswig War of 1864, and the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff. Wilhelm Tegetthoff, Lithographie von Joseph Kriehuber, 1866. Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (* 23. Dezember 1827 in Marburg an der Drau, Untersteiermark; † 7. April 1871 in Wien) war Vizeadmiral und Kommandant der österreichischen bzw. österreichisch-ungarischen Kriegsmarine.
Austrian admiral. Born in Marburg (present-day Maribor, Slovenia) on December 23, 1827, the son of an army officer, Tegetthoff attended the naval academy at Venice from 1840 to 1845. ...
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (23 December 1827 – 7 April 1871) was an Austrian admiral. Considered one of the prominent naval commanders of the 19th century, Tegetthoff was known for his innovative tactics as well as his inspirational leadership.
1. Previous to the declaration of war on June 20, 1866, by Italy against Austria, hostilities by sea as well as by land had become almost inevitable, and Rear-Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, who had been placed in command of the imperial fleet, had made up his mind to neglect no opportunity for assuming the offensive.
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The Tegetthoff class (also called the Viribus Unitis class [4] [5] [6]) was a class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Named for Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, the class was composed of SMS Viribus Unitis, SMS Tegetthoff, SMS Prinz Eugen, and SMS Szent István.
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff was an Austrian vice-admiral. He commanded the Austrian fleet at the battle of Lissa (1866) in the Adriatic in which he defeated a much larger and more modern Italian fleet. It was in this battle that the Austrian flagship the Ferdinand Maximillian rammed and sank the Italian flagship, the Re Italia, leading to the ...
