 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Tegetthoff aive nhengo ye1st Battleship Division yeAustro-Hungarian Navy pakutanga kwehondo pamwe chete nedzimwe ngarava dzekirasi yake, uye akaiswa kunze kweAustria-Hungary naval base kuPola. Kutanga kuona chiito mukati meBombardment yeAnconazvichitevera kuzivisa kweItaly hondo kuAustria-Hungary muna Chivabvu 1915, asi yakaona kurwa kushoma kwehondo yese nekuda kweOtranto Barrage, iyo yairambidza mauto eAustria-Hungary kubva kuAdriatic Sea. Muna June 1918, mukuedza kuwana nzira yakachengeteka yeGermany neAustro-Hungarian U-zvikepe kuburikidza neOtranto Strait, iyo Austro-Hungarian Navy yakaedza kuputsa Barrage nekurwiswa kukuru pamvura, asi yakasiyiwa mushure mekunge Tegetthoff uye hanzvadzi yake ngarava, yakarwiswa neItaly motor torpedo zvikepe mangwanani e10 June. Tegetthoff haana kukuvadzwa mukati mekurwiswa, asi Szent István yakanyudzwa nemapurisa akaburitswa kubva ku MAS-15. 