Austrian Tegetthoff-class dreadnoughts
Italian battleship Giulio Cesare 1910-1948 and Russian training ship Novorossiysk 1949-1956 (1957)
Original postcard Chocolate La Estrella
The De Matin confirmed the rumours that Italy (1) laid down six extra large dreadnoughts of which two were to be completed at the end of 1912 and that Austria wanted three comparable ships.(2) This report of De Matin is presumable the reason why Churchill announced the need for an important shipbuilding program for the British Mediterranean fleet.(3)
Notes
2. The Conte di Cavour, Guilio Cesare and Leonardo da Vinci were laid down in 1910, and the Andrea Doria and Ciao Duilio were laid down in 1912. The Francesco Caracciolo class super dreadnoughts consisting of the Francesco Caracciolo, Cristoforo Colombo, Marcantonio Colonna and Francsco Morosoni were laid down between 1914-1915 and designed in 1913.
2. Viribus Unitis, Tegetthoff both laid down in 1910 and the Prinz Eugen and Szent Istvan both in 1912. The design process of Ersatz Monarch-class (4 10-36cm battleships) started in 1911 with the intention to be built between 1914 and 1919 but never laid down.
3. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (Woodstock 30 November 1974-London 24 January 1965) became in 1911 minister of navy (First Lord of the Admiralty).
Notes
2. The Conte di Cavour, Guilio Cesare and Leonardo da Vinci were laid down in 1910, and the Andrea Doria and Ciao Duilio were laid down in 1912. The Francesco Caracciolo class super dreadnoughts consisting of the Francesco Caracciolo, Cristoforo Colombo, Marcantonio Colonna and Francsco Morosoni were laid down between 1914-1915 and designed in 1913.
2. Viribus Unitis, Tegetthoff both laid down in 1910 and the Prinz Eugen and Szent Istvan both in 1912. The design process of Ersatz Monarch-class (4 10-36cm battleships) started in 1911 with the intention to be built between 1914 and 1919 but never laid down.
3. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (Woodstock 30 November 1974-London 24 January 1965) became in 1911 minister of navy (First Lord of the Admiralty).
