![]() The superstructure of each ship was to be kept to a minimum, and all ships of the class would have been built with raised forecastles rather than a flush deck like their predecessors, the Tegetthoff class. However, the ships would have essentially been enlarged and improved versions of the Tegetthoff-class battleships. Because several design sketches were put forth that all had slight differences, the exact final appearance of the Ersatz Monarch class is not known. ![]() After going through several different design proposals, Anton Haus, Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, secured passage of a naval expansion program through the Austro-Hungarian government to fund the construction of the battleships in April 1914.ĭesigned by Pitzinger, the Ersatz Monarch class would have been the largest battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Design work on a class of battleships to succeed the Tegetthoff class and replace the aging Monarch class began in 1911. The Ersatz Monarch class (also informally known as the Improved Tegetthoff class) was a class of four dreadnought battleships which were intended to be built between 19 for the Austro-Hungarian Navy (kaiserliche und kС†nigliche Kriegsmarine). Ersatz Monarch Dreadnought (3D Printed) xONE.
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