Wikipedia article of the day for April 8, 2026
The Wikipedia article of the day for April 8, 2026 is Yugoslav submarine Mališan . Mališan was a CB-class midget submarine that served in the Yugoslav Navy (JRM) from 1953 to 1957. Laid down for the Italian Navy during World War II as CB-20, she was intended for harbour defence and anti-submarine warfare tasks, but was incomplete at the time of the Italian surrender in September 1943. The unfinished boat was captured by the Germans and completed by March 1944. Handed over to the navy of the Italian Social Republic – a wartime German puppet state – she was captured by Yugoslav forces at the end of the war. She was repaired and commissioned in a training role by the JRM. In 1959, she was donated to the Technical Museum in Zagreb as a museum ship, and was on display for almost 50 years before undergoing an extensive restoration between 2008 and 2010. The restored submarine (pictured) returned to public display on 8 April 2010. The decision to revert to its origin...
