Allegiance Yugoslavia Battles/wars April War Commands held Monitor Drava | Rank Commander Name Aleksandar Beric | |
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Died 12 April 1941(1941-04-12) (aged 34)
The Danube in Yugoslavia | ||
Service/branch Royal Yugoslav Navy | ||
Heroji aprilskog rata! Komandant Aleksandar Berić i posada kraljevskog broda "Drava"
Aleksandar Beric (13 June 1906 – 12 April 1941), born in Novi Bečej, Serbia, was an officer in the Royal Yugoslav Navy during the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.
He was commander (rank: lieutenant of I.class, commander of the frigate) of the monitor Drava on which he heroicaly died on 12 April 1941. He fought against Luftwaffe Stuka dive-bombers on the river Danube, refusing to surrender his ship to superior German forces.
The main barracks for the river flotilla in Novi Sad is named after Berić.
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