Yesterday while I was strolling around the Tivat Marina my attention was caught by this old three-mast sailing ship. I got curious about this vessel so I looked it up and I was not disappointed. It turned out to be a ship with quite some history. The Jadran was built in 1930 in Hamburg/Germany for the Yugoslav Royal Navy and served mostly for naval training. After Yugoslavia was invaded by the Axis powers Italians captured the the Jadran and renamed it to Marco Polo. Then during the Italian capitulation in 1943 the ship was captured by the Germans. Looted and dilapidated at the end of the war, she was returned to Yugoslavia in 1946 and rebuilt. After Montenegro became independent 2006 the Jadran became a ship of the Montenegrin Navy. Today Jadran's ownership remains disputed between Montenegro and Croatia.
Jadran on --> Wikipedia
Jadran on --> MarineTraffic
Unfortunately I didn't have a camera at hand so I had to use my phone to take these pictures.
