After the First World War (1914-1918)
lost by the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires was Walker D. Hines
appointed as international arbitrator responsible for the ceding of tugs and other
inland vessels by Germany, Bulgaria, Austria and Hungary to the Allied Powers.
For Austria respectively Hungary were the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon
leading. Lists were made of the involved vessels including some details and
what their fate was to be.
A list dated Paris, France 2 August 1921
reported that of the Austrian DDSG (1) tug Atlas with a horsepower of 900hp
handed over under the military convention of 13 November 1918 the nationality
and ownership was now confirmed to be the Serb-Croat-Slovene-Kingdom. (2)
Notes
1. DDSG=Erste
Donau-Dampschiffahrtsgesellschaft.
2.The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was formed
on 1 December 1918 with merging the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and
Serbs (officially proclaimed on 29 October 1918) with the formerly independent
Kingdom of Serbia. The latter kingdom was since 28 November 1918 united with
the Kingdom of Montenegro. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was until 3 October 1929
officially titled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Source
Reports of International Arbitral
Awards. Navigation on the Danube, 2 August 1921, volume 1. UN, 2006.
