Serbian Construction,
Infrastructure, and Traffic Minister Goran Vesic announced this
week that the first of a fleet of Nazi boats sunk in the Danube
at Prahovo had been raised from the riverbed.
The so-called Kriegsmarine Black Sea Fleet boats were sunk
during a withdrawal at the end of WWII to avoid being captured
by the Soviet Red Army in September 1944. According to some
estimates, dozens of boats remain on the Danube's bed, many of
which contain explosives. Another 21 sunked boats will be pulled
out of the river in the next few months, followed by
approximately 80 other vessels later, Vesic anticipated.
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