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From today's featured article SMS Körös was the first of the Körös-class river monitors built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy and completed in 1892. As part of the Danube Flotilla during World War I, the ship fought various Allied forces from Belgrade down the Danube to the Black Sea. Renamed Morava after the war, she was transferred to the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia), and remained in service throughout the interwar period, although not always in full commission. During the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, Morava was the flagship of the 2nd Mine Barrage Division, operating on the Tisza river. The river monitor fought off attacks by the Luftwaffe and shot down one enemy aircraft, but was forced to withdraw to Belgrade. High river levels and low bridges made navigation difficult, and the ship was scuttled by the crew on 11 April. She was later raised by the navy of the Axis puppet state of Croatia and continued to serve as Bosna until striking a mine and sinking in June 1944. (Full article...) Recently featured: Diamonds (Rihanna song) Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King? Nguyễn Chánh Thi Did you know... Rock-Olga ... that singer Rock-Olga (pictured) recorded an album in 1972 using ABBA members Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad as backing vocalists? ... that the extinct sawfly Cuspilongus has a down curved ovipositor almost as long as its forewing? ... that Irish suffragette Cissie Cahalan argued against gender-segregated trade unions? ... that during World Championship Wrestling's Battlebowl show, Rip Rogers won the match for his tag team without performing a single move? ... that all extant 17th-century Christian works written in the Vietnamese language's chữ Nôm script are attributed to Jesuit missionary Girolamo Maiorica? ... that in 1976, the Admiral Von Tromp fishing trawler was shipwrecked at Saltwick Bay? ... that the Paralympic rower Laurence Whiteley searched for over two years for a partner with whom to compete before teaming with Lauren Rowles? ... that the 1928 Florida Gators football team scored 336 points led by its "Phantom Four" backfield, which included Clyde Crabtree who could pass and kick with either hand or foot?

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