Seite - 956 - in THE FIRST WORLD WAR - and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914 – 1918

31. On 10 June 1918, the newest capital ship in the Imperial and Royal Navy, the dreadnought Szent István, was sunk by an Italian motor torpedo boat. For the second time during the war, the fleet unit led by the Szent István was to break through the Allied blockade of the Strait of Otranto. After the battleship had been torpedoed, the operation was abandoned. For the Imperial and Royal Navy, this was the most severe loss of the entire war.