Franz Pitzinger (22 May 1858,

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– 10 October 1933, Hofstetten-Grünau) was a

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in late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century

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Naval career

He studied mechanical engineering at the

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and started his career at

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. Pitzinger joined the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1886. He spent much of his career at the naval arsenal in Pula. He had significant design responsibilities for the Erzherzog Karl-class battleships and the

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s. He led the design of the Ersatz Monarch-class battleships which were cancelled when

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broke out in 1914. In 1914 he was promoted to Naval Constructor General. His naval career ended in 1918 with the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

References

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