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T7's sister ship, the similar T3

T7 was a sea-going torpedo boat operated by the Royal Yugoslav Navy between 1921 and 1941. Originally 96 F, a 250t-clas
boat commissioned on 23 November 1916 by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, she performed escort, minesweeping, anti-subma
bombardment operations during World War I. Following Austria-Hungary's defeat in 1918, she was allocated to Yugoslavia
renamed T7. She was captured by the Italians during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 and used for coastal and
tasks, after her main armament was modernised. Following the Italian capitulation in September 1943, she was captured by G
handed over to the Navy of the Independent State of Croatia, continuing to serve as T7. Her crew came under the influence o
Partisans, and were preparing to mutiny when the Germans intervened. She ran aground during a battle with British motor to
June 1944 and was then destroyed. (Full article...)
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Dulan village elders performing
at the 2016 Amis Music Festival

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the overall theme of aboriginal heritage rather than individual performers?
 ... that American diplomat George Kent speaks Ukrainian, Russian, and Thai, as well as some Polish, German, and Ital
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 ... that in 2005, multidisciplinary artist Serge Rezvani married actress Marie-José Nat, whom he had first met nearly ha
before?
 ... that The Boring Company plans to use car elevators to lower cars into its proposed underground Hyperloop system?
 ... that tropical ecologist Winifred Hallwachs helped develop and expand the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in Cos
is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
 ... that in 1972, the Schools Action Union organised two strikes by schoolchildren in London?
 ... that the main shrine of the Harshat Mata Temple depicts a royal figure and his consorts engaged in amorous activiti

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Today's featured picture

 The crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus), also
named after the tuft of feathers on its forehead tha
and, as a result, has been accidentally released in a
Columbia, Canada. Like many starlings, the creste
bird to farmers as it predates on insects and does n
This picture shows a crested myna photographed i
Photograph credit: Laitche

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