Niš (boat)

Sinking of the *Niš*
Time	13:00 – 13:10
Date	9 September 1952
Location	Junction of Danube and Sava
Cause	Storm
Deaths	90 (Times),^[1] 126 (Vreme)

The Niš was a Yugoslav passenger ferry that sank at the junction of the Danube and Sava rivers in Belgrade (present day Serbia) on September 9, 1952. Up to 126 people drowned when the ferry capsized in stormy weather.^[2] The ferry had a passenger capacity of only 60 people. It was lifted from underwater and, after reconstruction, was again used for passenger transport on the Danube between Smederevo and Kovin until 1956, when it was demolished for spare parts.^[3]

References

↑ "Ninety Drowned In Danube". The Times (52413). London. 10 September 1952. col C, p. 4.
↑ Vreme (Serbian) - "Waves, city, and death" - Retrieved September 13, 2012.
↑ Vreme (Serbian) - Waves, city, and death - 13 September 2012 - Page 68 - Issue 1132 - Column B

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1952

Shipwrecks	10 Jan: Flying Enterprise 24 Jan: Arahura 18 Feb: Fort Mercer, Pendleton 5 Apr: Brattind, Buskøy, Pels, Ringsel, Vårglimt 26 Apr: USS Hobson 10 May: Chervona Ukraina 1 Sep: Derwentfield 4 Sep: Stream Fisher 7 Sep: Princess Kathleen 9 Sep: Niš 24 Sep: Kaiyō No. 5 28 Sep: La Sibylle 21 Nov: Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Kavkaz 15 Dec: USNS Grommet Reefer, Shch-117 Unknown date: Buskø

Other incidents	9 Jan: Robin Doncaster 28 Jan: North Britain 30 Jan: MV Aqueity, Cutty Sark 18 Feb: CG 36500 19 Feb: Arkaba 25 Feb: Tynwald 12 Mar: Caronia 3 Apr: RFA Wave Ruler 26 Apr: USS Wasp April (unknown date): Esso Appalachee 7 May: SS Orcades 8 May: HMS Tenacious 21 May: ROKS Apnok, USS Mount Baker,Nathaniel B. Palmer Unknown date: USS Bugara, Southern Collins, USS Whitehurst

1951 1953

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