Ghost Fleet Of Nazi Warships Emerges As The Danube River Reaches Historic Lows

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Drought Reveals WWII Nazi Shipwrecks in the Danube

A Tourist Curiosity and Historical Memorial

Deliberately Scuttled in September 1944

Driven by Historical Heatwaves

Environmental Risks to the Local Ecosystem

Ice Age Discoveries Alongside WWII Ships

Intact Command Bridges and Turrets

Ongoing Multimillion Euro Removal Effort

Preserved by Yugoslav Authorities' Reluctance

Severe Chokepoint for Commercial Shipping

Still Packed with Dangerous Things

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That scorching summer heatwave left a lot of Europe basically stuck in severe drought. Because of it, the Danube River has fallen to some of the lowest levels anyone can remember. Near the Serbian port town of Prahovo, dozens of rusting Nazi warships, long kept under the river, have surfaced again from the riverbed. It’s kind of an eerie, rare window into the last months of World War II, yet, at the same time, these wrecks bring real environmental damage risks and nasty navigation troubles right now.
 

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