Sergej Mašera
| Sergej Mašera | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 11, 1912 Gorizia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | April 17, 1941 (aged 28) Bay of Kotor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Allegiance | Yugoslav Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1932–1941 |
| Rank | Naval Lieutenant |
| Unit | the destroyer Zagreb |
| Battles/wars | Invasion of Yugoslavia (World War II) |
| Awards | People's Hero of Yugoslavia |
Sergej Mašera (May 11, 1912 – April 17, 1941) was a naval Lieutenant of the Yugoslav Royal Navy. At the end of the April War, Mašera, along with his fellow Lieutenant Milan Spasić, scuttled the destroyer Zagreb in the Bay of Kotor near Tivat to prevent its capture by the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina Italiana). Both lieutenants died in the explosion, and are regarded as heroes of the Second World War.
Sergej Mašera was born in 1912 to a Slovene family in Gorizia, part of the Austro-Hungarian County of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Italy). After the end of World War I, his family fled from the Italian-administered Julian March to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia), in order to escape the violent policies of Fascist Italianization. They first settled in Slovenian Carinthia and then in Ljubljana. In Ljubljana, Masera received primary and secondary education before enrolling in the Naval Military Academy (VII class) in Dubrovnik. He graduated in 1932, after three years, with the rank of Corvette Lieutenant.
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