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Hungary : River Danube

Margit, later Zagreb


Built in 1897 by Ganz-Danubius (United Danubius Schonichen Hartmann) at Budapest
Length : 56.4 m, breadth : 6.0 m (11.9 m overall) before lengthening


Sank after a collision with the Serbian passenger steamer Macva near Pancsova on 28th March 1908
Raised and refitted at the Orsova shipyard, during which she was lengthened to 59.3 m
After World War I she was allotted to the newly created Yugoslavia and was renamed "Zagreb"
Sunk after hitting a mine near Kamenika during World War II in 1944


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