translate English to German: Encountering the Italian fleet early on the morning of 19 July 1866 , Tegetthoff sailed straight for the center of the Italian fleet, hoping to ram the ships to make up for his own fleet's lack of firepower. The smoke from the Italian ships made visibility very poor, however, and the Austrians missed the Italian fleet completely.
Tegetthoff erkrankte im Jahr 1871 im relativ jungen Alter von 43 Jahren an einer Lungenentzündung , an der er am 7. April 1871 verstarb.