Episode 46 - SMS Viribus Unitis

Beyond the Breakers

This week we discuss the sinking of the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Viribus Unitis in the closing days of World War One.
*Originally released 1/16/22; edited and re-uploaded 3/8/22
Sources (available in PDF on Patreon):
“Austria’s Navy and the Adriatic.” Scientific American, vol. 111, no. 10, 5 Sep 1914
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“The Motorboat and the Torpedo.” Scientific American, vol. 118, no. 24, 15 June 1918, p. 556.

O’Hara, Vincent P. and Enrico Cernuschi. “Frogmen Against a Fleet: The Italian Attack on Alexandria 18/19 December 1941.” Naval War College Review, vol. 68, no. 3, Summer 2015, pp. 119 - 137.

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Rossetti, Raffaele. “The Sinking of the Viribus Unitis: Official Report of the Destruction of the Austrian Dreadnought by Two Italian Officers.” Current History (1916 - 1940), vol. 9, no. 3, part II, March 1919, pp. 493 - 499.

Smigelski, et al. “On Deck.” Warship International, vol. 56, no. 4, Dec 2019.
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