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Three ships of the Austrian and later Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS ''Prinz Eugen'' in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy *, a
broadside ironclad An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. Th ...
that fought at the Battle of Lissa *, a
casemate ship The central battery ship, also known as a centre battery ship in the United Kingdom and as a casemate ship in European continental navies, was a development of the (high-freeboard) broadside ironclad of the 1860s, given a substantial boost due t ...
built in the 1870s to replace the original vessel *, a
dreadnought battleship The dreadnought (alternatively spelled dreadnaught) was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's , had such an impact when launched in 1906 that similar battleships built after her ...
built in the 1910s


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* , a
heavy cruiser The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in caliber, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval T ...
named in honor of the earlier Austro-Hungarian vessels and ceded after the war to the US Navy * , a British
monitor Monitor or monitor may refer to: Places * Monitor, Alberta * Monitor, Indiana, town in the United States * Monitor, Kentucky * Monitor, Oregon, unincorporated community in the United States * Monitor, Washington * Monitor, Logan County, West ...
named in honor of Eugene of Savoy * , an Italian cruiser of the named in honor of Eugene of Savoy. Ceded to Greece in 1950. {{DEFAULTSORT:Prinz Eugen, SMS Austro-Hungarian Navy ship names