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 the Bulgarian barge Maritza with a T.M. tonnage of 600 tons after
the armistice was handed over to the Allied forces becoming property of a
French company but of which the nationality and ownership was confirmed to be
Bulgaria.
Source
Reports
of International Arbitral Awards. Navigation on the Danube, 2 August 1921, volume
1. UN, 2006. 
