The Habsburg navy ships: the dreadnought Viribus Unitis
In the last twenty years of its existence the Imperial and Royal Navy ‘flew the flag’ on more than 85 so-called ‘Missionsreisen’ of which 34 were to Eastern Asia. Notwithstanding huge arguments over financing and budgets, the navy underwent significant modernisation. The determination to be the leading naval power of the Adriatic in the face […]
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