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 Hungarian inland GF tug Aladar with a horsepower of 220 hp
belonged now to the Serb-Croat-Slovene Kingdom while the owners had now the
nationality of that kingdom.(1)
Note
1. 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.
