Editing Tegetthoff-class battleship (section)

=== Post-war ===
[[File:Pola_1918-1919.png|thumb|right|300px|Pola shortly after the end of World War I. The five ships in line from right to left are the {{ship|Italian cruiser|San Marco}}, right center, a ''Radetzky''-class battleship, the battleships ''Prinz Eugen'' and ''Tegetthoff'', and the {{ship|French cruiser|Waldeck-Rousseau}}|alt=An aerial view of a harbor with several ships lying in the middle of it. Two large battleships are in the center of the bay while several smaller vessels surround them.]]
[[File:SMS Tegetthoff moored in Venice, Italy (1919).jpg|thumb|right|300px|SMS ''Tegetthoff'' moored in Venice, Italy (1919)]]
The [[Armistice of Villa Giusti]], signed between Italy and Austria-Hungary on 3 November 1918, refused to recognize the transfer of Austria-Hungary's warships to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. As a result, on 4 November 1918, Italian ships sailed into the ports of Trieste, Pola, and Fiume. On 5 November, Italian troops occupied the naval installations at Pola.{{sfn|Sieche, ''Zeittafel''|p=137}} While the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs attempted to hold onto their ships, they lacked the men and officers to do so as most sailors who were not South Slavs had already gone home. The National Council did not order any men to resist the Italians, but they also condemned Italy's actions as illegitimate. On 9 November, all remaining ships in Pola harbor had the Italian flag raised. At a conference at [[Corfu]], the Allied Powers agreed the transfer of Austria-Hungary's Navy to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs could not be accepted, despite sympathy from the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Sieche, ''Zeittafel''|pp=138–140}} Faced with the prospect of being given an ultimatum to hand over the former Austro-Hungarian warships, the National Council agreed to hand over the ships beginning on 10 November 1918.{{sfn|Sondhaus|1994|pp=357–359}}

It would not be until 1920 that the final distribution of the ships was settled among the Allied Powers under the terms of the [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)|Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]. Of the two remaining ''Tegetthoff''s, ''Prinz Eugen'' was ceded to France. The French Navy removed the main armament of the battleship for inspection, then used the dreadnought as a target ship. She was first subject to test aerial bombardment attacks and later sunk by the battleships {{ship|French battleship|Paris||2}}, {{ship|French battleship|Jean Bart|1911|2}}, and {{ship|French battleship|France||2}} off [[Toulon]] on 28 June 1922, exactly eight years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.{{sfn|Noppen|2012|p=45}}{{sfn|Sieche|1985|p=334}} In March 1919, ''Tegetthoff'' and {{SMS|Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand||2}}, both flying the Italian flag, were escorted into Venice where they were exhibited as war trophies by the Italians. During that time period, ''Tegetthoff'' starred in the movie ''Eroi dei nostri mari'' ("Heroes of our seas") which depicted the sinking of ''Szent István''. Following the adoption of the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] in 1922, she was broken up at [[La Spezia]] between 1924 and 1925.{{sfn|Sieche|1985|p=334}} The wreck of ''Viribus Unitis'' was salvaged from {{convert|60|m|ftin|sp=us}} of water in Pola harbor and scrapped between 1920 and 1930.{{sfn|Prasky|1978|p=107}}