| Franz Pitzinger | |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1858 |
| Birth Place: | Enzersdorf an der Fischa |
| Death Place: | Hofstetten-Grünau |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Education: | Vienna University of Technology |
| Significant Awards: | Order of Franz Joseph |
| 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.