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SMS Custoza (1873)

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Austro-Hungarian Navy Central Battery Ironclad (1869-1820) SMS Custoza was an ironclad of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, first to be built after reports of the Battle of Lissa in 1866 had been thoroughly digested and all lessons translated into a new design. She became the first iron-hulled Austro-Hungarian capital ship, laid down in November 1869, launched in … Read more

SMS Lissa (1869)

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Austro-Hungarian Navy central battery ironclad (1871-1892) We start a new cycle dedicated to the Austro-Hungarian Navy until 1900 (the topic of WWI was seen in detail), covering the present Lissa (1869), Custoza (1872), Erzherzog Albrecht (1872), but not SMS Kaiser (already seen). We will see also the Kaiser Max class (1875), SMS Tegetthoff (1878) and … Read more