The propulsion consisted of four Parsons steam turbines, each of which was housed in a separate engine-room. She displaced 20,000 tonnes (19,684 long tons) at load and 21,689 tonnes (21,346 long tons) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 152 metres (498 ft 8 in), a beam of 27.9 metres (91 ft 6 in), and a draught of 8.7 metres (28 ft 7 in) at deep load. Following her fitting out, she was commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian navy on 14 July 1913. Following a year and a half of construction, Tegetthoff was launched on 21 March 1912.
The keel of Tegetthoff was laid down in Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste on 24 September 1910. She was the second battleship of the class that shared her name to be built, the first dreadnoughts of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Tegetthoff was ordered by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1908. Main article: Tegetthoff-class battleship
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