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“After the sinking of the battleship Szent István at Premuda on 9 June 1918, the escorting ships (battleship Tegethoff, torpedo boats – Torpedoboote Tb, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81 and 87, and the destroyer Velebit), after rescuing a drowning man, headed for Telašćica Bay where they anchored at 10:30 am on the same day. The survivors came later that day to the port of Šibenik on three torpedo boats and battleship Tegethoff, and were later transferred to Pula. According to the official list (Verlustliste), made by the navy command in Pula on 19 June 1918, 14 crew members had died, 75 had been missing, and 29 had been wounded, of which 12 had died during the sail to Telašćica. A total of 976 crew members had been rescued. To this day, the information on the burial of the deceased has not been investigated, but it can be supposed that the burial was done at the cemetery in Šibenik due to circumstances of war.” (source: Dario Petković, ˝Ratna mornarica Austro-Ugarske˝)
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