| abstract | - For other uses of "Prinz Eugen", see SMS Prinz Eugen was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship of the Tegetthoff class. Prinz Eugen was built at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino yard, Trieste. During World War I, Prinz Eugen participated in the pursuit of the Goeben and Breslau as well as the bombardment of Ancona. She remained in port in Pola for the rest of the war until she took part in an ill-fated raid on the Otranto Barrage in 1918 that resulted in the loss of her sister ship, Szent István. Following the end of the war in late 1918, Prinz Eugen was surrendered to France and later sunk as a target ship in 1922.
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