![]() This was at the time of the Austrian Navy's intensive conversion to steam power, of which he was an earnest advocate. Tegetthoff received his first command, the naval schooner Elisabeth, in 1854. Tegetthoff was promoted to Fregattenleutnant on 16 June 1851 and Linienschiffsleutnant on 16 November 1852. He received a commission upon his graduation on 16 April 1849 and took part in the blockade of Venice from May to August 1849. Entering the Marinecollegium (naval academy) in Venice in 1840, Tegetthoff became a Seekadett on 23 July 1845 and witnessed the Venetian uprising in 1848/49. On his mother's side he was related to Johann Kaspar Freiherr von Seiller, mayor of Vienna from 1851 to 1861. He was the son of Karl von Tegetthoff, an Oberstleutnant in the Austrian Army. Tegetthoff was born in Maribor, Styria in the Austrian Empire (now Maribor, Slovenia), on 23 December 1827. ![]() He is often considered by some Austrian historians to be one of the most adept naval officers of the 19th-century, due to his tactical inventiveness, sense of command, and inspirational leadership. He commanded the fleet of the North Sea during the Second Schleswig War of 1864, and the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. ![]() Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (23 December 1827 – 7 April 1871) was an Austrian admiral. Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, litography by Joseph Kriehuber, 1866 ![]()
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