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River Flotilla of Serbian Armed Forces Rečna Flotila | |
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File:RFVSAmblem.jpg File:RFVSZastava.jpg River Flotilla Unit Flag | |
Active | March 30, 1833 - current |
Type | River Flotilla Unit FLag |
Role | Defense of Serbian rivers and support for Land Forces |
Size | 900 sailors, 15 ships and boats |
Garrison/HQ | Novi Sad |
Anniversaries | August 6 |
Engagements | World War I World War II Yugoslav wars Kosovo war |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Frigate Captain Nebojša Joksimović |
The Serbian River flotilla (Serbian: Rečna Flotila) is the specific unit of Serbian armed forces with the task of keeping optimum operational regime of sailing and of protection of Serbian interests in inner sailing corridors, which consist of net of sailing rivers and canals in total length of 1,626 km. Command ship "Kozara", river minesweepers and assault loading boats are in composition of unit.
History
Conflicts and fights on the rivers started with the appearance of first settlements at their water sides. Aleksandar Makedonski had the first fleet at the Danube basin, according to written documents. Romans were the first to have a Danube river flotilla.
Huns, Avars, Giths, Gepids, Mongols and others formed similar units for that time.
After they came at Balkan peninsula, Serbs and other Slavs used rivers and were very skilled at making boats and later at making ships also.
The last Serbian Despot, Pavle Bakić's Šajkaši flotilla fought against the Ottomans.
On March 30th, 1833, the ship called Serbia started sailing. It was built at shipyard Dubravica by Greek Nikola Kefala by order of Knjaz Miloš (TT information: length 24m, breadth 7m, draughts 3,5m, carrying capacity 250t). In April 1840 a war ship was built at shipyard in Brza Palanka and it got a name Knjaz Mihailo (TT information: length 65m, breadth 7,5m, draughts 4,5m, armament of ship was 12 cannons).
Serbia got its first real war ship, patrol boat Jadar, on August 6th, 1915. It was built at shipyard in Čukarica. The ship was armed and used for mine laying at Sava.
On April 20th, 1941, after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and seven days of fighting with German airplanes, tanks, ships and ambushes from watersides in Čelarevo, boat Drava was shot. That is a boat that came in legend of warring at rivers. On September 11th, 1944, in Neštin, by Order of General staff "NOV" and "PO" in Vojvodina, the Naval troop was formed, the first official naval unit for militant fights at Danube and Sava, which came into composition of 11th Vojvodinians "NOU" brigade. The troop was made at a crew of ship "Zagreb", signal-corps troop of General staff of Vojvodina and soldiers from different units who were earlier serving at navy. Its first commander was Kara Dimitrijević from Ledinci, deputy commander was Dragutin Iskra, political commissary Svetozar Milovanović, and deputy of political commissary Rada Prodanović. Ship "Zagreb" was a passenger ship rearranged for mine disposal at subwater mines. Crew of "Zagreb" came into 'partizans' after they captured German part of crew. Action was lead by deputy commander of "Zagreb" Dragutin Iskra. The crew brought all light arms and ship anti-aircraft cannon 20mm with them. The troop had 70 to 80 soldiers and it had a duty to attack enemy river traffic and to do transports at Danube. It was based on 3 places at Fruška Gora: at Testera, near Neštin and Krčedin.
On November 20th, 1944, a navy base was formed in Novi Sad, and this troop was a part of the base. After a little bit more than two months of existence, the troop made a hard damage on 5 and light damage on 43 enemy boats and killed or injured a lot of enemy soldiers. At the same time, it transported 220,000 soldiers over Danube, about 2,000 cannons, 3,000 trucks and more thousands of different material.
In a period from 1944 to 1965, river flotilla was organized in a few detachment of river armor boats, river assault ships, river auxiliary ships and minesweepers squadron.
A period since 1965 to 1984 was characteristic because of technical modernization and perfecting of tactics of using RF. Minesweepers type 319 and 307 and assault ships type 401 were reconstructed, a new minesweepers type 331 were built, station for demagnetization of ships and the ships were armed with new arms.
Role and tasks
River flotilla is intended for keeping the operative regime of sailing and protection of interests of Serbia at inner sailing corridors (ISC). Assignments execute independent, in cooperation with unites of Land Forces, Air Forces and AD and in cooperation with forces of Police.
Assignments:
- Transporting includes transport of personnel and technicians across the river and along rivers and canals.
- Anti-terrorist actions include a protection of objects and ships at base regions, in cooperation with unites of Army at discovering of terrorist groups (TG) at grasp of ISC.
- Security of sailing and rescuing at ISC is providing a security of sailing and rescuing at river.
- Taking a part in international missions
Organization
- River Flotila
- Command
- Command company
- Logistic company
- 1. river squad
- 2. river squad
- 1. pontoon battalion
- 2. pontoon battalion
Fleet
- RPB-30 „Kozara“
Austria
- RPB-30 „Kozara“
Station for degauss
- RSRB-36 „Šabac“
Yugoslavia
- RSRB-36 „Šabac“
- Neštin class
Yugoslavia
- RML-331 „Neštin“ (?)
- RML-332 „Motajica“
- RML-335 „Vučedol“
- RML-336 „Đerdap“
- RML-341 „Novi Sad“
Assault ships
- DJČ-411
Yugoslavia
- DJČ-412
Yugoslavia
- DJČ-411
- ČMP-22
Yugoslavia
- ČMP-23
Yugoslavia
- ČMP-24
Yugoslavia
- RPČ-111
Yugoslavia
- ČMP-22
Ranks and insignia
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Ranks in the Serbian | Адмирал Admiral |
Вице Адмирал Vice Admiral |
Контра Адмирал Kontra Admiral |
Комодрор Komodror |
Капетан Бојног Брода Kapetan Bojnog Broda |
Капетан Фрегате Kapetan Fregate |
Капетан Корвете Kapetan Korvete |
Поручник Фрегате Poručnik Fregate |
Поручник Корвете Poručnik Korvete |
Потпоручник Potporučnik |
Ranks | Admiral | Vice Admiral | Rear Admiral | Commodore | Ship-of-the-Line Captain | Frigate Captain | Corvette Captain | Frigate Lieutenant | Corvette Lieutenant | Sub-Lieutenant |
NCOs[3] | Sailors[4] | |||||||
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Ranks in the Serbian | Заставник I класе Zastavnik I klase |
Заставник Zastavnik |
Старији Водник I класе Stariji Vodnik I klase |
Старији Водник Stariji Vodnik |
Водник Vodnik |
Млађи водник Mlađi vodnik |
Десетар Desetar |
Разводник Razvodnik |
Ranks | Warrant Officer, 1st class | Warrant Officer | Senior Sergeant 1st class | Senior Sergeant | Sergeant | Junior Sergeant | Corporal | Private |