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Built in 1897 in Linz
Length
: 51.5 m
Hull breadth : 6.0 m (11.8 m overall)
Twin cylinder oscillating
engine
After World War I, she was taken over by the newly independent Serbian authorities
and renamed Vojvoda Francher d'Esperay
In 1930 she sank afer
a collision with fleet-mate the passenger steamer "Zagreb" near Belgrade
Raised,
repaired and reappeared with a new name - Fruska Gora
Sank again in 1945
near Linz when undertaking minesweeping duries for the Germans
Raised and
repaired in 1950 and reappeared with another new name - Ljubljana
Withdrawn
in 1967