The Uskok class was a class of two motor torpedo boats, Uskok and Četnik, built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy. Laid down on 15 September 1926 and launched in May 1927, they were lightly built using mahogany and powered by two petrol engines. Their main armament was two British- designed 456 mm (18 in) torpedoes. They were also fitted with hydrophones and could carry depth charges instead of torpedoes if used in an anti-submarine role. When the Axis invaded Yugoslavia in April 1941, Italian forces captured both boats. Commissioned in the Royal Italian Navy, the boats operated out of the Dalmatian port of Šibenik, their pre-war base. Their aged condition meant they were only used for patrolling and second-line duties. Uskok sank near the Dalmatian island of Mljet in July 1942 when its hull failed. Četnik was no longer fully operational by September 1943. Soon after Italy capitulated, its crew escaped and sailed it to Taranto in Allied-held southern Italy. Četnik survived the war but sources differ on its fate. (This article is part of a featured topic: Ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy.).
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1830:
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M;), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_of_the_Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway
1902:
The first hydroelectric dam in Turkey began operations at Tarsus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity_in_Turkey
1935:
Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews of their citizenship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws
1972:
Three armed members of the Croatian National Resistance hijacked Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 in an attempt to force the release of those arrested for the assassination of the Yugoslav ambassador the previous year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines_System_Flight_130
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electorate: 1. The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote. 2. (historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”); an electorship. 3. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, an electoral district. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/electorate
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