The river monitor Bodrog, the Austro-Hungarian
navy ship that fired the first shots of World War I and a witness to
the European conflicts of the 20th century under four different flags,
now serves as a gravel barge in Serbia.
The Bodrog, a heavily armored vessel launched in 1904 and equipped
with the most advanced naval technology of the time, shelled the Serbian
capital just before midnight on July 28, 1914.
The ship’s 120 mm guns fired the first shots of a conflict that would
last four years, leave millions of people dead and devastate Europe.
This ship has been sunk twice and had a long history. Kind of sad it’s just wasting away.
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