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Szent Istvan was the fourth ship in the Austro-Hungarian Tegetthoff class
of battleship but the only dreadnought operated by Hungary. Hungary got
her battleship in return for agreeing to the immense funding of the Tegetthoff
class and named her after Hungary's first Christian king (Szent Istvan/St
Stephen). The lead ship of the class, SMS Viribus Unitis was the first
battleship to be commissioned with triple gun turrets.The Szent Istvan was built at Fiume and was commissioned in 1915. She spent most of her time in commission at her berth in Pola. She was sunk by Italian MAS boats on the 10th June 1918 whilst on sortie out in the Adriatic. She is immortalized along with HMS Barham as one of the only two battleships to have had their demise captured on film. |
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The
kit is moulded in a grey resin with a waterline hull and scales out rather
nicely. The deck has fine brass rods inserted to help with the placement of
the upper decks. I have not seen this done by any other manufacturer but it
looks to be a good idea though only time and building the model will tell.
All parts are nicely moulded with no noticeable pinholes at this stage.
