Austro-Hungarian coastal defence ship SMS Monarch 1893-1921

Maritiem Museum Hamburg, Germany. Aquarel by H. Prochazka, 1903.

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Part of Monarch-class preceded by SMS Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie and succeeded by Habsburg-class battleships. Ordered in May 1892, laid down by Pola Naval Arsenal on 31 July 1893, launched on 9 May 1895, commissioned on 11 May 1898, decommissioned on 14 March 1918, handed ove to England in 1920, sold and breaking up in Italy started in 1921.