 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Viribus Unitis yakakurumidza kuteverwa ne Tegetthoff, zita rekirasi, musi wa 14 Chikunguru 1913. Mukati memiyedzo yake yokupfura pfuti, kusunungurwa kubva pane chimwe chezvombo zvikuru zveTegetthoff kwakakuvadza makamuri evakuru vechikepe. Prinz Eugen akagadzwa musi wa8 Chikunguru 1914, mazuva gumi mushure mekupondwa kwaArchduke Franz Ferdinand muSarajevo. Kuwedzera kweGraz-Danubius shipyards muFiume kwakakonzera kunonoka kuvhurwa uye kubhabhatidzwa kwe Szent István kusvikira 17 January 1914. Kunyange zvazvo kwakanga kuri tsika kuti Mambo kana kuti mudyi wenhaka wake avepo pakutangwa kwechikepe chikuru chehondo, Franz Joseph akanga asina kusimba uye mudyi wenhaka wake, Franz Ferdinand, akaramba kuvapo nemhaka yemirangariro yake yokurwisana neHungary. Franz Joseph akatumira teregiramu yokukwazisa kuti adzivise gakava, uye mhemberero yacho yakatungamirirwa naMambokadzi Maria Theresa uyo akaivhura nemashoko okuti: Buda uye ngadziviriro yoWamasimba Ose ive newe munzira dzako dzose! Vaivapowo pamhemberero yacho vaiva Mutungamiriri weHungary Tisza, Gurukota rezvemari János Teleszky, uye Gurukota reDare reMambo Stephan Burián von Rajecz. Sezvo ngarava yokuGermany yakanga ichangobva kugadziridzwa muTrieste, vakuru vakuru vayo vakapindawo mhemberero yacho. 