According to a letter dated Zagreb 4 November 1943 of the German embassy at Zagreb to the Department of an independent Croatia possessed the Royal Yugoslav Navy in 1941 8 motor torpedo boats or S-boats of the German 60 tons type named Orjen, Triglav, Durmitor, Kajmakcalan, Rudnik, Suvobor, Velebit and Dinara. All boats were lying in the Bay of Kotor in 1941. The Kajmakcalan and Durmitor escaped to the Mediterranean, the remaining six were taken by the Italian navy
Note
1. The Independent State of Croatia was established after Yugoslavia was captured by Italy and Germany on 10 April 1941. This state was first an Italian Protectorate between 1941-1943 and then a German puppet state between 1943-1945.
Source
Bundesarchiv TM-12-II/4
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