SMS Tegetthoff

Two ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Tegetthoff after the Austrian admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff:

SMS Tegetthoff (1878), a central battery ironclad launched in 1878 and serving as a local defence battleship and training vessel during World War I after being renamed Mars.
SMS Tegetthoff (1912), lead ship of the Tegetthoff class of battleships, launched in 1912.

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