SMS BODROG
MODEL
The
Austro-Hungarian Navy ship SMS Bodrog, also known as
monitor Sava fired the first shots of World War I on 29
July 1914, when she and two other monitors shelled
Serbian defenses near Belgrade. Bodrog was part of the
Danube Flotilla, and fought the Serbian and Romanian
armies from Belgrade to the mouth of the Danube.
In the
closing stages of the war, she was the last monitor to
withdraw towards Budapest, but was captured by the Serbs
when she grounded on a sandbank downstream from
Belgrade. After the war, she was transferred to the
newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
(later Yugoslavia), and renamed Sava. She remained in
service throughout the interwar period.
During the
German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941,
Sava served with the 1st Monitor Division. She laid
mines in the Danube near the Romanian border during the
first few days of the invasion. Due to high river levels
and low bridges, navigation was difficult, Sava was
scuttled on 11 April.
Monitor
Sava was later raised and continued to serve as Sava
until the night of 8 September 1944 when she was again
scuttled.
Following
World War II, Sava was raised once again, and was
refurbished to serve in the Yugoslav Navy from 1952 to
1962. She was then transferred to a state-owned company
that was eventually privatized.
In 2005,
the government of Serbia granted her limited heritage
protection after citizens demanded that she be preserved
as a floating museum. In 2015, the Serbian Ministry of
Defense and Belgrade's Military Museum acquired the
ship. She was restored and opened as a floating museum
in November 2021.
This primarily wood model of the SMS Bodrog is 23"
long (1/100 scale)
$2,500 Shipping and insurance in the USA included.
Other countries: $250 flat rate.
16" long
$1,900.
Shipping and insurance in the USA included.
Other countries $200 flat rate.
These models are built per commissions only.
Only a small commitment deposit (not full
amount, not even half) is needed to start the
process
$500  The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed, in 3-4 months.
Learn more about the
SMS Bodrog here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_monitor_Sava
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