 Italy's "Regia Marina" submarine "Nereide" was sunk there on the 5th of August 1915 by Austria-Hungary's Imperial and Royal War Navy submarine U-5.It reverted to Italy between the two World Wars, as part of the Province of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia), and was ceded to Yugoslavia in 1947.Since the break-up of Yugoslavia, it has formed part of the sovereign country of Croatia.