I very rarely draw finished ships as they built, only those which I really like (Yamato class) or deem worthy to represent their lineage as in the case here. Here you can see after the numerous preliminary studies to what level the last battleship class before the Viribus Unitis class evolved to. The Radetzky class Semi-Dreadnought battleships of the KuK Kriegsmarine, the fastest battleship class of the Austro-Hungarian navy ever built and also the fastest among it's contemporary classes like the Lord Nelsons and Dantons.
As usual in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the emperor ( Franz Josef I ) had to choose the naems for the new ships from lists offered to him. The then ordered Battleships I,II,III names at first these were considered at the end of 1908 February as follows:
SMS Admiral Sterneck
SMS Admiral Daun
SMS Admiral Montecuccoli
Then due to the request of the Hungarians for at least one ship to be named from a Hungarian person so next group of names consisted of:
SMS Radetzky
SMS Hunyadi
SMS Prinz Eugen
Finally in March 24th 1908, the final names became as:
SMS Radetzky
SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand
SMS Zrínyi
This concludes the history behind the Radetzky class Battleships.
The class had the following characteristics:
Dimensions: 137,5m (wl) 138,8m (oa) x 24,6m x 8,1m
Displacement: 14.508tons (standard), 15.855tons (full load)
Armour: 48mm Deck, 230mm Belt
Engines: 20.000shp Yarrow Vertical Triple Expansion Engines, 2 Shafts
Speed: 38km/h (20,5knots)
Range: 9.600km at 18,5km/h (5.200nm at 10knots)
Armaments:
2x2 30,5cm/45 Skoda K08 Cannons
4x2 24cm/45 (238mm) Skoda K09 Guns
20x1 10cm/50 Skoda K10 Guns
6x1 7cm/50 (66mm) Skoda K10 Guns
3x1 45cm Underwater Torpedo tubes