 Tegetthoff was ordered by the Austro @-@ Hungarian Navy in 1908 . She was the second battleship of the class that shared her name to be built , the first dreadnoughts of the Austro @-@ Hungarian Navy . The keel of Tegetthoff was laid down in Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste on 24 September 1910 . Following a year and a half of construction , Tegetthoff was launched on 21 March 1912 . Following her fitting out , she was commissioned into the Austro @-@ Hungarian navy on 14 July 1913 . 
