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there was a wooden screw line-of-battle ship, the 'Kaiser,' with several other wooden frigates and smaller vessels. In command was Admiral Tegethoff, an officer of distinction, who had commanded an Austrian Squadron in the Danish War of 1864, and taken part in an action off Heligoland, between two small squadrons, which was without decisive result.
The following is a list of the vessels that were to meet in the Adriatic:—
| Italian. | Austrian. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ships. | Tonnage. | Ships. | Tonnage. |
| Armoured. | Armoured. | ||
| 'Ré d'ltalia,' | 5800 | 'Ferdinand Max,' | 5200 |
| 'Ré di Portogallo,' | 5600 | 'Hapsburg,' | 5200 |
| 'Maria Pia,' | 4300 | 'Don Juan d'Austria,' | 3600 |
| 'Castelfidardo,' | 4300 | 'Kaiser Max,' | 3600 |
| 'Ancona,' | 4200 | 'Prinz Eugen,' | 3600 |
| 'San Martino,' | 4200 | 'Drache,' | 3000 |
| 'Affondatore,' | 4000 | 'Salamander,' | 3000 |
| 'Carignano,' | 4000 | ||
| 'Formidabile,' | 2800 | ||
| 'Terribile,' | 2800 | Unarmoured | |
| 'Varese,' | 2000 | 'Kaiser,' | 5000 |
| 'Palestro,' . . . 12 | 2000 | ||
| 18 Frigates and smaller Vessels. | |||
| Unarmoured. | |||
| 22 Frigates and smaller Vessels. | |||
When hostilities commenced, Tegethoff made a demonstration on the Italian coast, but was unable to meet any portion of the Italian fleet, and returned to
