SMS Viribus Unitis

SMS Viribus Unitis

SMS Viribus Unitis in 1912
History
Austria-Hungary
Name	Viribus Unitis
Ordered	1908
Builder	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
Laid down	24 July 1910
Launched	24 June 1911
Sponsored by	Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria
Commissioned	5 December 1912
Fate	Handed over to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs on 31 October 1918.
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
Name	Jugoslavija
Acquired	31 October 1918
Fate	Sunk, 1 November 1918
General characteristics
Class and type	Tegetthoff-class battleship
Displacement	20,000 t (19,684 long tons) (standard)
Length	152 m (498 ft 8 in)
Beam	27.9 m (91 ft 6 in)
Draught	8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
Installed power	12 Yarrow boilers 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 steam turbines
Speed	20.4 knots (37.8 km/h; 23.5 mph)
Range	4,200 nmi (7,800 km; 4,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	1,042 men (1,087 max)
Armament	4 × triple 30.5 cm (12 in) guns 12 × single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 12 × single 7 cm (2.8 in) guns 3 × single 66 mm AA guns 2 × 66 mm (2.6 in) L/18 landing guns 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt, barbettes, turrets and conning tower: 11 in (279 mm) Deck: 1.4 in (36 mm)

SMS Viribus Unitis ^[a] was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship, the first of the Tegetthoff class. "Viribus Unitis", meaning "With United Forces", was the personal motto of Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Viribus Unitis was ordered by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1908 and was laid down in Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste on 24 July 1910. Viribus Unitis was launched from the shipyard on 24 June 1911 and was formally commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 5 December 1912. She spent her early career performing training missions and making trips to foreign ports. In June 1914, she carried Archduke Franz Ferdinand on a trip to Bosnia with his wife Sophie. During his visit to Sarajevo, he was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in the event that caused the beginning of World War I.

During World War I, Viribus Unitis took part in the flight of the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser Breslau. In May 1915, she also took part in the bombardment of the Italian port city of Ancona. Viribus Unitis was sunk while at anchor by limpet mines emplaced by Italian sailors on 1 November 1918.^[1]

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