List of ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy

Dubrovnik was a flotilla leader built by a British shipyard in 1930–1931. Captured by the Italians in April 1941 she was put into service as Premuda, and was the most important and effective Italian war prize ship of World War II. She was captured by the Germans after the Italian armistice and served as TA32 until she was scuttled near the end of the war.[4][8][9][10]

Dubrovnik (left) and Beograd (right) at the Bay of Kotor after capture by the Italians

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Dubrovnik	United Kingdom	4 × Škoda 14 cm (5.5 in) guns	1,880	37	11 October 1931	TA32 was scuttled at Genoa on 24 April 1945.

The Beograd class were French-designed destroyers completed in 1937–1938. Zagreb was scuttled during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, but Beograd and Ljubljana fell into Italian hands. They served with the Italians as Sebenico and Lubiana respectively. Lubiana was lost in April 1943, but Sebenico was captured by the Germans after the Italian capitulation, and saw service as TA43 until she was scuttled at the end of the war.[11]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Beograd	France	4 × Škoda 12 cm (4.7 in) guns	1,190	38	23 December 1937	TA43 was scuttled at Trieste on 30 April or 1 May 1945.
Ljubljana	Kingdom of Yugoslavia				28 June 1938	Lubiana was sunk (or stranded and declared a total loss) off the Tunisian coast in April 1943.
Zagreb					30 March 1938	Zagreb was scuttled at the Bay of Kotor on 17 April 1941.

The Yugoslav torpedo boat T3 photographed in 1931

Eight former Austro-Hungarian 250t-class torpedo boats were transferred to the KJRM in 1921, and were the KJRM's only modern sea-going warships when it was formed. Two were lost or scrapped prior to World War II, and the rest were captured by the Italians during the 1941 Axis invasion and put into service by them. After the Italian capitulation, two were returned to the KJRM-in-exile. A further ship was sunk by German aircraft while still in Italian hands, and another was scuttled by her Italian crew. Of the remaining two, one was transferred to the Navy of the Independent State of Croatia and was sunk in 1944, and the other served in the German Navy as TA48 and was sunk in early 1945. The two boats that were returned to the KJRM-in-exile were transferred to the Yugoslav Navy at the end of the war and served as Golešnica and Cer.[4][13][14]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
T1	Austro-Hungarian Empire	4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes	258–266	28	March 1921	Golešnica was scrapped in 1959.
T2						T2 was scrapped in 1939.
T3						TA48 was sunk in Trieste by Allied aircraft in February 1945.
T4						T4 ran aground and became a total loss in 1932.
T5						Cer was scrapped in 1962.
T6						T6 was scuttled at Rimini in September 1943.
T7						T7 was sunk off Murter Island in June 1944.
T8						T8 was sunk by German aircraft in September 1943.

A Kaiman-class torpedo boat in Austro-Hungarian service

Four former Austro-Hungarian Kaiman-class torpedo boats were transferred to the KJRM in 1921, but all four were discarded and broken up between 1928 and 1930.[4][15]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
T9	Austro-Hungarian Empire	3 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes	206–208	26	March 1921	All four boats were scrapped between 1928 and 1930.
T10
T11
T12

Two British-built Uskok-class torpedo boats were acquired by the KJRM in 1927. Both were captured by the Italians during the April 1941 invasion. Placed into service with new designations, they were both were lost or stricken while in Italian service.[16][17]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Uskok	United Kingdom	2 × 45.6 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes	15	40	1927	The renamed MAS 1 D sank near Mljet in April 1942.
Četnik						The renamed MS 47 was struck off in September 1943.

The Orjen-class torpedo boat Velebit in 1939

Eight German-built Orjen-class torpedo boats were purchased from Nazi Germany in the mid-to-late 1930s. Two escaped during the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, and became part of the KJRM-in-exile. The remaining six were captured by the Italians and put into service by them under new designations. Two were scuttled by their crews at the time of the Italian capitulation in September 1943, and the remaining four were captured by the Germans and renamed. All four were scuttled at Salonika in October 1944. The boats that had escaped were transferred to the Yugoslav Navy at the end of the war.[18][19][20]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Orjen	Germany	2 × 55 cm (22 in) torpedo tubes	61	31	1936	The renamed MS 41 was scuttled at Monfalcone in September 1943.
Durmitor					Unknown	The renamed TČ 391 was struck off in 1963.
Suvobor					1937	The renamed MS 45 was scuttled at Cattolica in September 1943.
Kajmakčalan					Unknown	The renamed TČ 392 was struck off in 1963.
Velebit					Unknown	All four boats were sunk at Salonika in October 1944.
Dinara					1939
Rudnik					1939
Triglav					1939

Hrabri underway

Two British-made Hrabri-class submarines were brought into service in 1927. During the April 1941 invasion, one escaped to join the KJRM-in-exile, while the other was captured by the Italians then scrapped. The boat that escaped was used as an anti-submarine warfare training vessel, and was transferred to the Yugoslav Navy at the end of the war and renamed Tara.[12]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Hrabri	United Kingdom	6 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes	975 (surfaced)	15.7 (surfaced)	1927	Hrabri was scrapped by the Italians in 1941.
Nebojša						Tara was struck off in 1954.

Two French-made Osvetnik-class submarines were commissioned in 1928–1929. Both were captured by the Italians during the April 1941 invasion, after which they were put into service as training and experimentation boats under new names. They were both scuttled at the time of the Italian capitulation.[12]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Osvetnik	France	6 × 55 cm (22 in) torpedo tubes	630 (surfaced)	14.5 (surfaced)	1929	The renamed Francesco Rismondo was scuttled at Bonifacio in September 1943.
Smeli					1928	The renamed Antonio Bajamonti was scuttled at La Spezia in September 1943.

An Italian minesweeper similar to the Galeb class

Six German-built Galeb-class minelayers were purchased soon after the KJRM was established. All six were captured by the Italians during the April 1941 invasion, and were put into service by them under new names. Five were lost prior to the Italian capitulation in September 1943, but one was transferred to the KJRM-in-exile in December of that year, and survived the war to serve in the post-war Yugoslav Navy as Pionir then Zelengora.[4]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Galeb	Germany	2 × Škoda 9 cm (3.5 in) L/45 guns	500	16	July 1921	The renamed Selve was broken up in 1948.
Orao						The renamed Zelengora was disposed of in 1962.
Labud						The renamed Oriole was scuttled in July 1943.
Jastreb						The renamed Zirona was destroyed by her own crew in November 1941.
Kobac						The renamed Unie was destroyed in January 1943.
Sokol						The renamed Eso was sunk in January 1943.

The German-built seaplane tender Zmaj was commissioned into the KJRM in 1930, but was converted to a minelayer in 1937. Captured by the Germans in April 1941, she saw service in the seaplane tender, aircraft rescue and troop transport roles as Drache. In late 1942, she was re-commissioned as a minelayer, and was used for shipboard trials with helicopters in 1943 before being sunk in September 1944.[18]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Zmaj	Germany	2 × 8.35 cm (3.29 in) L/55 anti-aircraft guns	1,840	15	1930	Drache was sunk in September 1944.

The Malinska-class minelayer Marjan in 1939

In 1931, the KJRM acquired five former Austro-Hungarian minelayers, known as the Malinska class. In April 1941, they were all captured by the Italians, although one had been scuttled, it was raised and repaired. Two were captured by the Germans at the time of the Italian capitulation in September 1943, and were lost in their hands or while serving with the Navy of the Independent State of Croatia. Three were handed back to the KJRM-in-exile and survived the war to see service in the new Yugoslav Navy.[12]

Ship/vessel	Origin	Primary armament	Displacement in long tons	Maximum speed in knots	In service	Fate
Malinska	Austro-Hungarian Empire	1 × 6.6 cm (2.6 in) L/30 anti-aircraft gun	126	9	1931	Unknown
Marjan						The renamed Ugliano was probably lost in German hands.
Meljine						Unknown
Mljet						Unknown
Mosor						The renamed Pasman was scrapped in 1954.