YUGOSLAV MERCHANT MARINE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300360007-4
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 4, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Yu? oelavia /
SUBJECT Yugoslav Merchant Marine
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1. The Yugoslav"MMinistry of P?avigation FNRJ" was established for the correct
management, usage, maint,,nance and renewal of the merchant marine. The
"General Management of the Merchant ;1arine" falls under this Ministry; it
is located in Fiume and has two main subdivisions, (a) "Division for
Free Navigation" (covers all traffic with foreign countries), and headed
by the "Yugoslav Maritime Agency" in Belgrade, head office in Knez '.tihailova
St. No-31; and (b) "Llvision for Transportation of the Adriatic" headed by
The "Adriatic iaritime Agency" head office at Fiume, Quai of the Yugoslav
Navy No.8
2. As the entire property of the former maritime organizations "Jadranska
Plo~. dba", "i)ubrovac!:a Plovidba", "Zetska Plorridba" and "Oceanija", (as well
asoither Individual owners of commercial vesselo wes nationalized and
passed to the owners^:ip of the state, the new following divisions were
formed:
a) under the I7iiision for Free Navigation:
1) Yugoslav ]'pee Navigation
2) Yugoslav lavigation for 'Determined Routes
b) under the Dirision for Transportation on the Adriatic:
1) Adriatic Free Navigation
2) Adriatir; Navigation along Regular Routes
3. With-in tie Divisbn for Free Navigation is the Yugoslav Free Navigation
with its train office at Fiume. The distinguishing characteristics of
vessels belonging to this division is that all smokestacks are painted'
blue with a white band and a red five-pointed star. The following vessels
comprise this agency:
- KOSMAJ
- BLCCRIiD
- bANJA
79500 tons capacity
9,300 tons capacity
10,000 tons capacity
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DUBROVNIK 8, BOO tons capacity
1AMUITOR 9, 500 tons ( restored and modified i
n April 19148
at Fiume. Vessel's speed is 13 miles an hour.)
SV. ANLItIJA 9, 500 tons capacity
KORENICA 8,000 tons capacity
KOZARA 8,000 tons capacity
For the Yugoslav Free Navigation the vessel ZAGREB (former VOCTORE) is
being repaired in the shipyard "Vicko Kratulovic" in Split.
14. Yugoslav Navigation Along Regular Routes has its main office in Fiume. It
maintains communication lines with Turkey, Egypt, Northern Europe, South
and North America and India. The following vessels belong to this agency:
BOSNA 12,000 tons, route Bombay-Karachi ( the vessel is of a "Longe
Bridge" type. Arrived at the shipyard at Fiume from Kiel in March
1948. Speed, 13 miles an hour).
I-ARTI7AMCA of 6P209 tons ( purchased in Sept. 1917 in Portugal. Formerly
krcmn as S/S CITY IF LISBON. It is a large passenger vessel and can
carry 730 passengers of which 472 can travel first -class.. The vessel
was constructed in 1927.. Speed 18 miles an hour. Equipped with radar,
gyrocompass, electrical apparatus for sound measurement of depths,
radio telegraphy and automatic fire detectors and extinguishers. Her
maiden voyage was made in October 1947 to Australia, and since then
she operates on the line to Argentina).
RADNIK, a former American vessel travels to New York and Canada .,A
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LIVNO of 7,000 tons. Carxnunication with Northern Europe (maximum speed
11 miles per hour; Commander-Captain is Niko Haic from Split; Political
Commissar and First machinist is Ants Jakovsic).
PLITVICE of 7,000 tons; carninunication with Northern Europe.
POIX)ORA of 5,500 tons; communication with Northern Europe.
SPLIT of 5,500 tons; coiwuinication with Northern Europa,.
TOPt1SKO a former German vessel of 3, 000 tons, communicates with
1JstanbQ2, and the Now East.
SUTJ1.5KA of 5,5000 tons; cociaunicates with $eta'ttbul0,,
ths
Withinvi.sion for Transportation on the Adriatic is the Adriatic Free
Navigation with the :lain office at Fiume. The vessels are distinguished by
smokestacks with a white belt on which there is a red five-pointed star.
The following vesa ;1s belong to toffs agency:
PROZOR of 5,500 tons
BOJANA former German vessel of 2,000 tons.
IA .V of 300 tons
PCELA of 1450 tons
GALLB of 800 tons
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..About 65 motor boats with a capacity range of 50 to 200 tons,.
6. Adriatic Navigation Along Regular Routes has its main office at Fiume. it
maintains short (daily) rc.utes along the Dalmatian coast. Vessel characteris-
tics are white smokestacks with a red five-pointed star. The following
vessels belong to this agency:
KOSTRTNA of 180 tons for passengers and goods.
SIPANJ of 400 tons for Passengers and goods.
DAALMACI JA of 300 tons for passengers and goods.
RAB of 300 tons for passengers and goods.
DAKAR of 300 tons for passengers and goods.
7. The following are vessels of the Merchant Larine which are not listed under
the above agencies:
PRENJ, former BOSANKA of 6,200 tons (restored in the "Viktor Lenac"
shipyard at ume in October 1947.)
SIBENIK, former NETTY
SOLTA, former DUBAC
TARA, former - CARMEN
UZICE, former BIHAC
BIOKOVO, former ALEKSANNDAR I.
BIHAC, former PRINCE ANDREJ
K O RC LU A, former SENGA
KORDUN, former FRANCA of 9,400 tons (restored in December 1947
"Vicko Kratulovic" shipyard in Split)
KORNAT, former SRECA
KRAGUJEVAC, former IVAN TOPIC of 6,500 tons.
GORICA, former MARIJA PETRINOVIC
VIS, former MAT.AGA ( arrived at-Fiume from London in April 1948; 3,140
tons, speed 10 miles per hour. Built in 1935, intended for passenger
and freight service).
Tanker JAJCE of 9,700 tons ( vessel was purchased in Liverpool in
September 1947. Speed ll miles an hour. Vessel was built in 1930).
SaBAC of 4,855 tons ( vessel obtained on basis of war reparations from
Germarnj; Quilt in Stetin in 1922; length "105 meters, width 14. meters;
1,300 horse power; speed 8 miles per hour).
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L=3SINJ of 7, 653 tons (received as. rep~ tions from Germany and
arrived at Fiume port in November 191&6).
KUkkRI ( passenger vessel - steam driven, com;:leted in Kraljevica
shipyard in August 1947).
UCKA ( repairs on this vesisel made at Kraijevica in August and Septem-
ber 1947.)
ISTRA, former SPLIT(steam passenger vessel) cem feted in the "Vicko
Krstulovie" shipyard in Split in October 1947.)
SUMADI JA
LAPAD
GRA: V,C, former CXM&
KRALJEVICA, former KNIN
VOJVOi.INA, former SRL.IN
TIii(, vessel of 5, 000 tons
PLABN7IK, 4, 5OO ton ves..el
LRVAR, 9,000 ton vessel, r,,rchased from the Belgians, speed 14 miles
per hour.
SKRAiIIN - passenger steamship.
L,RII CRJE - motor vessel
, 8. In Norway, at t.`;;. "areker" shipyards, there are two vessels under order,
each of 4,100 tons capacity and 14 miles per hour speed. Both are freighters;
one should be delivered by the end of 1948 and the other during 1949.
Two trans-oceanic vessels are under order, each of 9,000 moss tons regis-
try, with a speed of 16 miles an hour !lave been ordered from the Amsterdam
shipyards in Holland.
Two motor vessels have been ordered from the "Hardixvelde'shipyards. They
are to be freighters, each of 3,600 gross tone, and with a speed of 16 miles
per hour.
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