November 14, 2018- NGO “Matica Boke”, in cooperation with the Serbian Consulate General in Herceg Novi and the company Porto Montenegro, will celebrate the centenary of the Austro-Hungarian fleet delivered to the Yugoslav Royal Navy. The event will be held on Friday, November 16, at 7pm at the Maritime Heritage Collection of Porto Montenegro.
On October 31, 1918, a charter was handed over to Pula, where a significant part of the fleet was stationary at the military naval Arsenal in Tivat. Tivat journalist and publicist Siniša Luković will talk about this event.
In cooperation with the Serbian Consulate General in Herceg Novi, a projection of the documentary film "Forgotten Admiral - Ernest Troubridge" is planned. The film features a biographical story of Britain's Admiral Ernest Troubridge, who arrived in Belgrade in 1915 and as commander of the British mission on the Danube along with the Serbs opposed the attack on Serbia
The film produced by RTS in 2017 is based on the diaries of Admiral Ernest Troubridge, which he ran during his stay in Serbia, and where the most significant moments were recorded during the war with the Serbian army. A good part of this documentary about the British Admiral who later became the chief commander of the Alliance fleet in the Mediterranean was shot in London.
The film is titled in English. The entrance to the event at the Maritime Heritage Collection in Porto Montenegro marina is free of charge.
