Yugoslav submarine Nebojša

The Yugoslav submarine Nebojša was a submarine built by the Vickers-Armstrong Naval Yard, River Tyne, United Kingdom, for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) and was launched in 1927. Her design was based on that of the British L-class submarine of World War I, and she was built using parts originally assembled for an L-class submarine that was never built. During the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, she evaded capture by Italian forces, and joined British naval forces in the Mediterranean. After the war she was taken over by the new Yugoslav government and renamed Tara. She was eventually broken up in 1954.

Description and construction
Nebojša was built for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) by the Vickers-Armstrong Naval Yard, River Tyne, United Kingdom. Her design was based on that of the British L-class submarine of World War I, and she was built using parts originally assembled for HMAS L-68, which was never built. Along with her sister ship Hrabri, she had an overall length of 72.05 m, a beam of 7.32 m, and a surfaced draught of 3.96 m. Her surfaced displacement was 975 LT (1164 LT submerged), and her crew consisted of 45 officers and enlisted men. The ship had two shafts driven by two diesel engines or two electric motors. The diesel engines were rated at 2400 bhp and the electric motors at 1600 shp, and she was designed to reach a top speed of 15.7 kn under diesel power and 10 kn on her electric motors. Nebojša was armed with six bow-mounted 533 mm torpedo tubes, two 102 mm guns (one forward and one aft of the conning tower), and one machine gun.

Career and fate
Nebojša was launched in 1927 as the first submarine of the navy of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which subsequently became the Royal Yugoslav Navy. She arrived in the Bay of Kotor from the United Kingdom on 8 April 1928 along with her sister submarine Hrabri and the Yugoslav auxiliary Hrvar. During the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, she evaded capture by Italian forces at the Bay of Kotor, arriving at Suda Bay, Crete on 23 April. She subsequently sailed to Alexandria, where she served with the British 2nd Submarine Flotilla in 1942 and the British 3rd Submarine Flotilla in 1943, and she continued serving in the Mediterranean until the end of the war. After the war she served with the Yugoslav Navy as Tara until 1954 when she was broken up for scrap.

In 2011, to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Yugoslavia, the Military Museum in Belgrade, Serbia hosted an exhibit which included a flag from the Nebojša. In April 2013, the 85th anniversary of the arrival of the first Yugoslav submarines at the Bay of Kotor was marked by an event in Tivat, Montenegro attended by dozens of former Yugoslav submariners.