 The ships of the division were inspected by Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne, in March 1903 at Gravosa.Shortly afterwards, "Budapest", "Wien", the battleship and the destroyer made a cruise to the Eastern Mediterranean.In 1904, the "Monarch"-class ships formed the 2nd Capital Ship Division, and they took part in the 1904 cruise of the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas as well as training exercises in which the three s engaged the "Budapest" and her sisters in simulated combat.