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Drava was a river monitor operated by the Royal Yugoslav Navy between 1921 and 1941. Originally built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy as SMS Enns, the monitor fought against the Serbian and Romanian armies during World War I. The ship was transferred to the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) and renamed Drava in 1920. The vessel remained in service throughout the interwar period. During the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, Drava spent six days shelling airfields near Mohács in Hungary and fought off a small flotilla of Hungarian gunboats. On 12 April, the monitor was attacked by Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers. One bomb dropped straight down Drava's funnel and exploded in the engine room, killing 54 of the crew, with only 13 survivors. The ship was raised and scrapped by Hungary during their occupation of parts of Yugoslavia. The base of the Serbian River Flotilla at Novi Sad is named after Drava's last captain, Aleksandar Berić. (Full article...)
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Hi Peacemaker67 and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:25, 31 January 2020 (UTC)