Sava was a
river monitor, originally built for the
Austro-Hungarian Navy as SMS Bodrog. She and two other monitors fired the first shots of
World War I in the early hours of 29 July 1914, when they shelled Serbian defences near
Belgrade. During the war, she fought the Serbian and Romanian armies, and was captured in its closing stages. She was transferred to the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia), and renamed Sava. During the Axis
invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, she fought off several air attacks, but was scuttled on 11 April. Sava was later raised by the Axis
puppet state, the
Independent State of Croatia, and continued to serve under that name until 1944 when she was again scuttled. Following World War II, Sava was raised again, and was refurbished to serve in the Yugoslav Navy from 1952 to 1962. She became a gravel barge after that, but was restored and opened as a floating museum in November 2021. (Full article...)
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The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a species of
mockingbird, in the family
Mimidae, commonly found in North America. The species is also found in some parts of the Caribbean, as well as on the
Hawaiian Islands. It is typically a permanent
resident across much of its range, but northern mockingbirds may move further south during inclement weather or prior to the onset of winter. The northern mockingbird has gray to brown upper feathers and a paler belly. Its tail and wings have white patches which are visible in flight. The species is known for its ability to mimic bird calls and other types of sound, including artificial and electronic noises. This northern mockingbird was photographed in
Bay Ridge, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of
Brooklyn.
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Sava was a
river monitor, originally built for the
Austro-Hungarian Navy as SMS Bodrog. She and two other monitors fired the first shots of
World War I in the early hours of 29 July 1914, when they shelled Serbian defences near
Belgrade. During the war, she fought the Serbian and Romanian armies, and was captured in its closing stages. She was transferred to the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia), and renamed Sava. During the Axis
invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, she fought off several air attacks, but was scuttled on 11 April. Sava was later raised by the Axis
puppet state, the
Independent State of Croatia, and continued to serve under that name until 1944 when she was again scuttled. Following World War II, Sava was raised again, and was refurbished to serve in the Yugoslav Navy from 1952 to 1962. She became a gravel barge after that, but was restored and opened as a floating museum in November 2021. (Full article...)
... that Olympic fencer Victor Alvares de Oliveira was told at a young age by doctors that he had little chance to compete in the sport due to his severe
asthma?
... that artifacts of Papua New Guinean art were called "living spirits with fixed abodes"?
Today's featured picture
The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a species of
mockingbird, in the family
Mimidae, commonly found in North America. The species is also found in some parts of the Caribbean, as well as on the
Hawaiian Islands. It is typically a permanent
resident across much of its range, but northern mockingbirds may move further south during inclement weather or prior to the onset of winter. The northern mockingbird has gray to brown upper feathers and a paler belly. Its tail and wings have white patches which are visible in flight. The species is known for its ability to mimic bird calls and other types of sound, including artificial and electronic noises. This northern mockingbird was photographed in
Bay Ridge, a neighborhood of the New York City borough of
Brooklyn.
Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the
Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer
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