!!!Viribus unitis

Viribus unitis (Latin = "with united forces"), motto of 
Emperor Franz Joseph I. Books under the same title were 
published, in 1898 "Das Buch vom Kaiser" ("The Book 
about the Emperor"), commemorating the 50%%sup th/%  anniversary 
of the emperor´s reign, and in 1916-1919 a publication 
chronicling all events during the First World War, edited by the War 
Assistance Office of the k. k. Interior Ministry, later by the 
Society of the Silver Cross for the care of returning soldiers and war 
invalids. Viribus unitis was also the name of the biggest Dreadnought 
warship of the Austrian-Hungarien Monarchy, which was placed in 
commission in 1912 and on board of which the k. u. k. Navy 
was handed over to Yugoslavia on October 31, 1918. The ship was 
sunk by Italian officers on November 1 of the same year at Pola 
naval port.


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