Century-Old 'Sava's Titanic' Emerges as Drought Drains Europe's Rivers
The 54-meter vessel, built in 1913, has reappeared as drought lowers river levels across Europe and exposes more wartime relics.
- On Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, the rusting hull of The Slovenian steam tugboat emerged from the Sava River near Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, as low water levels exposed the vessel for the first time in years.
- Built in 1913 in Budapest, Hungary, the roughly 54-meter vessel served the Austro-Hungarian empire before sinking during World War II while carrying wounded fighters near the war's end.
- Historian Andrija Popovic, head of the town museum, said locals dubbed the boat "Sava's Titanic," noting "it's truly something you don't see every day." The wreck sits 70 kilometers northwest of Belgrade.
- Scorching drought across Europe has forced other relics to surface: Nazi warships in the Danube and ancient Roman bridge piers in Italy's Tiber River, disrupting regional trade and power supplies.
- Serbian hydrology expert Dejan Vladikovic attributed the drought to lack of winter snow and dry spring conditions, warning, "We are entering periods when this will, unfortunately, become a new normalcy.
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As Europe's Rivers Run Dry, a Historic Ship Emerges
The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought. The rusting hull—once a famed vessel known as the Slovenian—surfaced earlier...
Century-old tugboat known as “the Slovenian” resurfaces in Serbia’s Sava River amid European drought
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An historic boat emerges in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry from drought and heat
The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought.
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