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Revision as of 03:57, 26 July 2018 by imported>White Shadows (Nominating Austro-Italian ironclad arms race for DKY)
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Austro-Italian ironclad arms race

The Battle of Lissa on 20 July, 1866 by Alexander Kircher.
- ... that the Austro-Italian ironclad arms race led to the Battle of Lissa, the first naval engagement between multiple armored warships in history? Source: (Sondhaus 1989 p. 258 "The Battle of Lissa attracted a great deal of attention from Tegetthoff's contemporaries. As the first action ever fought between fleets of ironclad warships, it has been given its due by naval historians ever since.")
- ALT1:... that the head of the Austrian Navy during the Austro-Italian ironclad arms race was the future Emperor of Mexico? Source: (Sondhaus 1989 p. 181 "He [Ferdiand Max] was the most gifted leader the navy had ever had, or ever would have. p. 209 "Ferdinand Max...personally ordered two armored screw frigates to be built in Trieste. THe pair of ironclads were a driect response to the two armored corvettes Cavour had ordered in Toulon.")
- Reviewed: SS Yarmouth
- Comment: This was a long article in the making! I've been working on it over at my sandbox page since the end of May. I've finally got it where I want it to be though and just moved it over to the main space. Please note that I can provide other hooks or citations for them as necessary. The ironclad arms race between Italy and Austria-Hungary a very long and complex topic that took place over some 20 years. NOTE: Second hook could be a good April 1 DKY.--White Shadows Let’s Talk 03:57, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
Moved to mainspace by White Shadows (talk). Self-nominated at 03:57, 26 July 2018 (UTC).