Franz Pitzinger
| Franz Pitzinger | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 May 1858 Enzersdorf an der Fischa |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hofstetten-Grünau |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Engineering career | |
| Significant projects | Ersatz Monarch-class battleship |
Franz Pitzinger (22 May 1858, Enzersdorf an der Fischa – 10 October 1933, Hofstetten-Grünau) was a naval architect in late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Austria-Hungary.[1][2]
He studied mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology and started his career at Clayton & Shuttleworth. 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 Radetzky-class battleships. He led the design of the Ersatz Monarch-class battleships which were cancelled when World War I 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.
