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History & Modifications



Kaiserin Und Konigin Maria Theresia:
Kaiserin Und Konigin Maria Theresia was refitted between 1909 and 1910. The armament was changed to two 7.4"/42 Skoda guns, eight 5.9"/35 Krupps, twelve 47mm Skoda, two 47mm Hotchkiss and four 37mm Vickers guns with four 17.7" torpedo tubes.

She was decommissioned on 7th February 1917 and used as an accomodation ship for German uboat crews, while her guns were transferred ashore. She was allocated to Britain as reparations after WWI, and sold to an Italian company for scrapping in 1921.